A patient with a blood pressure of 88/50 mm Hg has a heart rate of 112 beats per minute. The nurse correlates this change in heart rate to which physiological mechanism?

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The increase in heart rate (positive chronotropic effect) is a compensatory mechanism to maintain cardiac output in response to low blood pressure.

A Patient with a Blood Pressure of 88/50 Mm Hg