The following data were obtained from a man weighing 70 kg • Aorta oxygen (O2) content = 20.0 vol% • Femoral vein O2 content = 16 vol% • Coronary sinus O2 content = 10 vol% • Pulmonary artery O2 content = 15 vol% • Total body O2 consumption = 400 ml/min what is the cardiac output of this man?
Correct Answer: 8 L/min
Description: The Fick equation is a useful method for measuring cardiac output or flow through any organ when the oxygen (O2) consumption and the difference between arterial and venous O2 content (vol% = ml/100ml) is known.
Flow = O2 consumption / arterial (O2 content – venous O2 content)
Cardiac output = O2 consumption / (aorta O2 – pulmonary artery O2)
= 400 / (20 – 15)
= 8 L/min
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