What is a contraindication?
A. Any disease, illness, or ill health that is separate from the presenting problem but that occurs at the same time as the presenting problem
B. A pathological development that is not an inherent part of the presenting problem but that occurs in a patient during the management of a patient's presenting problem
C. The worsening in severity of a disease, syndrome, or any symptoms
D. Any physiologic, diagnostic, or medical reasons that indicate that a specific medication, therapy, treatment, or plan of care would be undesirable, unwise, or impossible to prescribe for a patient's health
D
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Why do vasodilators administered via the intravenous route cause an increase in intrapulmonary shunting and a decreased Pao2?
A. because they come in contact with all the vessels of both systemic and pulmonary vasculatures B. because they often cause pooling of venous blood in the systemic venous circulation C. because they dilate vessels of both ventilated and unventilated alveoli in the pulmonary vasculature D. because they cause a decreased cardiac output as an untoward effect