The nursing diagnosis of decreased cardiac output.
This descriptive study validated the nursing diagnosis of decreased cardiac output in a critical-care population. A cardiac output assessment tool was developed. Nursing interventions associated with decreased cardiac output were identified and classified as independent, collaborative, and dependent.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009736:Nursing Process; D012106:Research; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000503:physiopathology