Critical Care Nursing 5SETS
QUIZ: What determines SV? ANS: Preload, afterload, and contractility. QUIZ: What is Preload? ANS: Volume within the ventricle at the end of diastole. QUIZ: What does PAWP reflect? ANS: A measurement of pulmonary capillary pressure that reflects left ventricular end diastolic pressure under normal conditions (i.e., when there is no mitral valve dysfunction, intracardiac defect, or dysrhythmia). QUIZ: What is CVP? ANS: Measured in the right atrium, or in the vena cava close to the heart, is the right ventricular preload or right ventricular end-diastolic pressure when there is no tricuspid valve dysfunction, intracardiac defect or dysrhythmia. QUIZ: What is Afterload? ANS: Refers to the forces opposing ventricular ejection.
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