A 65-year-old woman with a history of COPD was discovered unconscious at home 4 hours ago. She is now intubated and is receiving mechanical ventilation.  A flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter has been inserted. Relevant data below.  Pulse    136/min Blood pressure    76/60 mmHg Pulmonary artery pressure    17/6 mmHg Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure    4 mmHg Cardiac output   3.8 L/min Systemic vascular resistance    1354 dynes/sec/cm-5 Central venous pressure    1 mmHg The most likely cause of this patient’s hypotension is

Risk factors for NIV failure in a patient with acute heart failure include the following, except

An 56 year old female patient is in the ICU being monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter. The patient has the following parameters: PAP 27/10 mmHg PCWP 9 mmHg CVP 14 mmHg The data indicates that the patient may have

Calculate a patients Systemic Vascular Resistance.

Calculate AaDO2

A patient with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is admitted to the ICU.  The patient is placed on 24% air entrainment mask and has a pulmonary artery catheter inserted.   PVR  720 dynes PaO2  57 torr The physician orders an increase to 28% oxygen via air-entrainment mask, after the increase in O2, PVR 400 dynes PaO2 72 torr What would you recommend?

What hemodynamic value was the greatest indicator to direct you to your decision on protocol selection?

If a patient has a heart rate of 93 beats/min and stroke volume of 76 ml, what would the CO equal?

When baroreceptors located in the carotid sinuses and aortic arch are stimulated which of the following actions occur in the cardiovascular system?

The following data have been recorded for a patient receiving mechanical ventilation: CVP 5 mmHg PAP 27/9 mmHg PCWP 22 mmHg On the basis of this data, the patient most likely has