To find: The area under the curve and estimate the patient’s cardiac output.
Answer to Problem 17E
The answers:
The area under the curve:
The patient’s cardiac output:
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The table is:
And the graph is:
Calculation:
The LRAM rectangles and get their heights from the graph, similar to Example 4 on page 269 of the book. The size of each rectangle is equal to
Calculate the cardiac output in liters per second from
Therefore the required area under the curve:
The patient’s cardiac output:
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