RCIS Exam Practice Questions / Complete Study Guide / Actual Exam Questions & Correct Answers (Verified Detailed Answers) A Grade.What is the formula for calculating cardiac output?
- CO= PA- 1SVC
- CO= AO x PA
- CO= HR x SV -
Answer:
- CO= HR x SV
Qs: Stoke Volume is ________?
- Related to preload
- Related to afterload
- The same as ejection fraction -
Answer:
- Related to preload
- Mean arterial pressure 1 / 4
Qs: Preload is most impacted by:
- Increased filling volumes
- Ejection Fraction -
Answer:
- Increased filling volumes
Qs: A patient with chronic untreated hypertension would demonstrate
- increased afterload
- decreased afterload
- decreased preload -
Answer:
- increased afterload
Qs: Vascular resistance/pressure is most influenced by
- Blood Viscosity
- BMI
- Length of the vessel
- Radius of the vessel -
Answer:
- Radius of the vessel
Qs: The formula for blood pressure is
- BP = SV x SVR
- BP = CO x SVR
- BP = HR x SVR - 2 / 4
Answer:
- BP = CO x SVR
Qs: What component of a Pulmonary Capillary Wedge pressure indicates
Mitral Insufficiency
- A wave
- C wave
- P Wave
- V wave -
Answer:
- V wave
Qs: An elevated RVEDP is found in which pathology?
- LV infarct
- Aortic stenosis
- RV infarct
- Mitral Regurgitation -
Answer:
- RV infarct
Qs: If the RA waveform is 2x the normal value, where would this be
demonstrated in the physical assessment?
- Decreased exercise tolerance
- decreased O2 sat 3 / 4
- Increased O2 sat
- JVD -
Answer:
- JVD
Qs: What is the most common cause of pulmonic stenosis?
- Aging
- congenital
- cardiomyopathy
- mitral regurgitation -
Answer:
- congenital
Qs: The blue proximal port of the swan is located how far from the distal tip
of the swan?
- 15cm
- 30cm
- 45cm
- 5cm -
Answer:
- 30cm
Qs: When performing a thermodilution cardiac output, the operator injects
10cc of saline into the ________ and the temperature change is measured in the _____.
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