A patient with congestive heart failure is receiving scheduled doses of an intravenous diuretic. After administering the drug, which finding would indicate to the nurse that the drug was effective?
1. A pulmonary artery wedge pressure of 16 mmHg
2. Pulmonary artery pressure of 34/16 mmHg
3. Systemic vascular resistance of 1400 dynes/sec/cm-5
4. A right atrial pressure of 5 mmHg
Answer: 4
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