The nurse is assessing a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome. An expected assessment is:
a. cardiac output of 10 L/min and low systemic vascular resistance.
b. PAOP of 10 mm Hg and PaO2 of 55.
c. PAOP of 20 mm Hg and cardiac output of 3 L/min.
d. PAOP of 5 mm Hg and high systemic vascular resistance.
B
A normal PAOP with hypoxemia is an expected assessment finding in ARDS. Cardiac output of 10 L/min and low systemic vascular resistance are expected findings in sepsis. PAOP of 20 mm Hg and cardiac output of 3 L/min are expected findings in heart failure. PAOP of 5 mm Hg and high systemic vascular resistance are expected findings in hypovolemic shock.
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