An older adult is admitted to the emergency department (ED) after being the restrained front seat passenger in a motor vehicle accident. The nurse assessing this patient should consider that which physiologic response to hypovolemia is not as likely in an older adult?
1. Decreased blood pressure
2. Tachycardia
3. Decreased cardiac output by hemodynamic monitor
4. Decreased urine output
Answer: 2
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