A 70-year-old man has a blood pressure of 173/96 mmHg. What is the mean arterial pressure, to the nearest whole number?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. 122 mmHg
- Step 1: Mean arterial pressure .
- Step 2: mmHg.
Answer
122 mmHg.
Why not the others: 134 mmHg: The average of systolic and diastolic pressure was taken. 77 mmHg: The pulse pressure was given. 147 mmHg: Systolic was weighted twice instead of diastolic.
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