This quiz will gauge your understanding from the Arterial Line series lesson talking about the changes in the a-line waveforms.
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Question 1 of 5
What change would you expect to see with speed up heart rates such as afib and SVT?
Increased peak systolic pressure
Decreased end diastolic pressure
Decreased peak systolic pressure
Absent dicrotic notch
Question 2 of 5
We can see increases and decreases of the arterial line waveform with respirations. If these changes are greater than 10mm Hg, then we call it what?
Pulsus Alternans
Pulsus Bisfereins
Pulsus Paradoxus
Question 3 of 5
Alternating stronger and weaker pressure tracings is referred to as what?
Pulsus Bisferiens
Question 4 of 5
We can differentiate bigeminy from pulsus alternans by looking for PVCs on the EKG.
True
False
Question 5 of 5
You notice a double systolic peak on your patients arterial line waveform. You know this to be what?
Pulsus alternans