Which of the following is the main component of a hemodynamic ...

[audragclark]

Which of the following is the main component of a hemodynamic monitoring system?
 
  a. Plethysmograph
  b. Pneumotachometer
  c. Sphygmomanometer
  d. Strain gauge transducer

Question 2

Which measurement is typically used to indicate right ventricular preload?
 
  a. Right atrial pressure (RAP)
  b. Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (PAOP)
  c. Right ventricular end-diastolic pressure (RVEDP)
  d. Ejection fraction

[dyrone]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Hemodynamic monitoring systems consist of equipment that detects small physiological signal (vascular pressure) changes and converts them to electrical impulses, which can then be amplified and recorded on a cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor or strip chart recorder. A strain gauge trans-ducer is utilized to measure vascular pressure.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Preload is the filling pressure of the ventricle at the end of ventricular diastole and is estimated by measuring the end-diastolic pressures. In the case of right ventricular preload the measurement would be right ventricular end-diastolic pressure.

[audragclark]

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[recede]

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