The nurse is caring for a patient who is being monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter. Which change requires immediate intervention?
1. Systemic vascular resistance of 900 dynes/sec/cm5
2. Appearance of an "a" wave on the pulmonary artery waveform
3. Pulmonary artery wedge pressure of 10 mmHg
4. Spontaneous development of a pulmonary artery wedge pressure waveform
Answer: 4
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