ChrisSmith

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1. bradycardia and CVP

   ChrisSmith replied to ChrisSmith's topic in Cardiac

   I was struggling with applying more basic concepts and eventually found a nice simple explanation here: CV Physiology: Central Venous Pressure Thanks for your reply Belgian which was also very helpfull. I am just a few weeks into my CCU training. The...

2. bradycardia and CVP

   ChrisSmith replied to ChrisSmith's topic in Cardiac

   This is homework in that I am a student nurse (in Holland) and am trying to figure this out... the question I posed myself. I am on holiday at the moment and therefore not at college or at work with people immediately available to ask and am having t...

3. bradycardia and CVP

   ChrisSmith posted a topic in Cardiac

   A patient has extreme bradycardia, 30 bpm, with a 3rd degree AV block. Cardiac output is reduced due to slow frequency. Contractility and TPR are increased as compensation but what happens to CVP and why?