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A Patient Who Was Stabbed Multiple Times in the Chest

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A patient who was stabbed multiple times in the chest and abdomen has just returned from emergency surgery.Hemodynamic monitoring was initiated during surgery and now reveals that the patient's right atrial pressure has dropped to 2 mmHg.The nurse would assess for findings of which conditions? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.


A) Internal hemorrhage
B) Fluid loss during surgery
C) Vasodilation from drugs administered during surgery
D) Left heart failure
E) Cardiac tamponade

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