ChrisSmith

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...

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?

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...