If the ductus arteriosus remains patent in extrauterine life, nursing care will be directed toward management of which of the following problems?
1. Increased pulmonary blood flow
2. Decreased pulmonary blood flow
3. Decreased cardiac output
4. Both increased pulmonary blood flow and decreased cardiac output
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Rationale:
1. If there is a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), systemic blood flow will be shunted back into the lungs through the patent ductus from the high-pressure aorta into the lower pressure lungs. This will also result in decreased cardiac output.
2. The presence of a PDA will increase pulmonary blood flow.
3. If there is a PDA, cardiac output will decrease, but pulmonary blood flow will be also be increased.
4. Both increased pulmonary blood flow and decreased cardiac output will result with a PDA.
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