Intravascular hypovolemia may be assessed upon a patient's return to ICU postsurgery. Clinical findings would be manifested in
A) decreased central venous pressure.
B) increased pulmonary arterial diastolic pressure.
C) increased pulmonary wedge pressure.
D) an increase in arterial pressure.
A
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