The nurse is monitoring a patient's metabolic status with a thermodilution catheter to determine oxygen saturation of venous blood. How would the nurse report the findings of this test?
1. As oxygen extraction
2. Using the Fick equation
3. As indirect calorimetry
4. As direct calorimetry
Answer: 1
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