While Caring for a Patient Being Hemodynamically Monitored,the Nurse Notices

Multiple Choice

While caring for a patient being hemodynamically monitored,the nurse notices that the systemic vascular resistance has risen to 1800 dynes/sec/cm⁵,whereas the patient's cardiac output remains at 6 liters per minute.What would the nurse expect the patient's blood pressure to be?

A) Increased
B) Unchanged
C) Decreased
D) Initially decreased,and then increased