PCCN questions with correct answers
Coronary artery perfusion is dependent upon:
A. diastolic pressure
B. systolic pressure
C. afterload
D. systemic vascular resistance (SVR) - Answer-A. diastolic pressure
Diastolic pressure in the aortic root is higher than left ventricular end-diastolic pre...
A patient in the ED is now being admitted to telemetry bwith complaint of chest pain and has
been judged to be a possible candidate for therapy with alteplase (Activase). Which of the
following is not considered a contraindication for the use of this medication?
A. current antibiotic use
B. recent abdominal surgery
C. recent gastrointestinal bleed
D. recent intracranial bleed - Answer✔✔-A. current antibiotic use
Use of antibiotics is not a contraindication for the use of alteplase. All the other answers --
recent abdominal surgery, recent gastrointestinal bleeding and a recent intracranial bleed -- are
contraindications for the use of any fibrinolytic.
The two major components that determine blood pressure are:
A. systemic vascular resistance (SVR) (afterload) and cardiac output
B. contractility and SVR (afterload)
C. preload and SVR (afterload)
D. contractility and SVR (afterload) - Answer✔✔-A. SVR (afterload) and cardiac output
The equation for BP is: BP = SVR x cardiac output.
BP is determined by resistance of the arterial bed and the cardiac output. If the SVR (afterload)
is high and the cardiac output low, the patient may still have a normal BP. the pulse pressure will
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