title: Decreased cardiac output: a nursing diagnosis.
abstract: Controversy exists regarding whether "Decreased Cardiac Output" is really a nursing, or instead, a medical diagnosis. These authors clarify the importance of this diagnosis for nursing care.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bumann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Speltz
mesh_terms: D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis