You are a CRNA giving a break to a colleague who is doing a…
You are a CRNA giving a break to a colleague who is doing a non-elective emergency case. The colleague tells you the patient came up from the ED with an ischemic bowel. He reports that prior to surgery, all vital signs were normal and lung sounds were clear with a normal heart rhythm and a murmur. The colleague says the patient has been hypotensive in the OR, so he floated a PA catheter. He reports that pulmonary capillary wedge pressures have been 25 mmHg or greater. You believe the hypotension could be from:
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