A patient has a systolic blood pressure of 100 mm Hg and a diastolic pressure of 75 mm Hg. What is this patient's mean arterial pressure?

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Monitoring arterial pressure waveforms helps to determine the patency of an arterial line and the quality of the pulse pressure and to calculate the mean arterial pressure (MAP). The arterial line monitor calculates MAP internally. However, the formula to obtain an indirect measurement of MAP with a sphygmomanometer is as follows: MAP = [(2 *diastolic) + systolic]/3

A Patient Has a Systolic Blood Pressure of 100 Mm