A patient with an oxygen consumption of 340 mL/min, arterial oxygen content of 17.3 vol%, and mixed venous oxygen content of 12.8 vol% has a cardiac output of which of the following?
a. 2 mL/min
b. 2.6 mL/min
c. 7.6 mL/min
d. 11 mL/min
ANS: C
C.O.???O/[(CO CO)?x 10]
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