While Caring for a Geriatric Patient,the Changes in the Heart

question 27

Multiple Choice

While caring for a geriatric patient,the changes in the heart that may be expected include

• A) increased oxygen consumption.
• B) increased coronary artery blood flow.
• C) decreased response to an elevated heart rate.
• D) cardiomyopathy.

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Definitions:

Cohen's D

A measure of effect size indicating the standardized difference between two means, often used in psychological and educational research.

Standard Deviation Units

Units of measurement used to express the variability or dispersion of a set of data points around their mean in terms of the standard deviation.

Cohen's D

A measure of the size of an effect or difference between two group means, expressed in standard deviation units.

Variance

A measure of how much values in a data set differ from the mean of the set.