This quiz will gauge your understanding from the lesson talking about the Fick Principle for calculating cardiac output.
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Question 1 of 5
Cardiac output is physiologically calculated by multiplying the volume of blood ejected with each beat (SV) times the number of beats per minute (HR).
True
False
Question 2 of 5
Which is not something that we need to know to use the Fick Principle to determine blood flow, aka cardiac output (CO)?
How much oxygen our patient is consuming
Concentration of arterial oxygen
The temperature of blood
Concentration of venous oxygen
Question 3 of 5
What is the constant for the amount of oxygen per gram of hemoglobin that we use to calculate the concentration of oxygen in blood?
0.134
1.34
13.4
134
Question 4 of 5
What Fick is considered the "gold standard" ?
Indirect
Direct
Question 5 of 5
When using a common substitution for the average adult oxygen consumption, if they are less than 70 years old, we multiple what value by their body surface area (BSA).
110
65
125