PCWP Waveform Interpretation Question

by RKH-CSMC
Jun 4, '00   Views: 5,939   Comments: 2


  1. Would appreciate some tutoring from my colleagues...! what reference points are used to determine/read the PCWP? Is it the point between the A and V wave or what? Any help appreciated because it is unclear from several ref books and in some cases contradictory. Thanks again and please feel free to e me your help and if I can offer any return help please do not hesitate to contact me. I am in the Los Angeles area and happy to provide info about local hospitals etc as best I can.

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  3. by morpheus2000
    Jan 29, '01
    The wedge pressure is read at the peak of the waveform at end expiration.
  4. by LisaN
    Feb 5, '01
    It also depends on if the patient is ventilated or not. If the patient is on a vent where you measrue the wave form is different.
    Lisa

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