BS Nursing Critical Care Nursing
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38. A nurse is monitoring a patient’s mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) via a pulmonary artery catheter. The SvO2 drops from 70% to 45%. What clinical implication does this indicate?

A. Improved tissue oxygenation
B. Increased oxygen demand or decreased oxygen delivery (e.g., hypoxemia, low cardiac output, anemia)
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C. Decreased metabolic rate
D. Fluid overload

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  • Improved tissue oxygenation
  • Increased oxygen demand or decreased oxygen delivery (e.g., hypoxemia, low cardiac output, anemia)
  • Decreased metabolic rate
  • Fluid overload

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