Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Sample Hemodynamics problems from lecture

These two problems were given to us in lecture by Antaran. I've posted the answers in the first comment.

Problem #1

BP = NORMAL
MAP = 63
CO = 8.2
CVP= 12
PCWP = 20
PVR = 275
SVR = 480

What do you have?

Problem #2

BP = NORMAL
MAP = 63
CO = 3
CVP = 12
PCWP = 20
PVR = 475
SVR = 1800

What do you have?

1 comment:

Harrison Cole said...

Problem #1

We have vasodilation, therefore give Dopamine >10mcg and Levophed

Problem #2

We have vasoconstriction, therefore give Diuretics, vasodilate with Nipride.