Hemodynamics Flashcards
What is stroke volume? Cardiac output? Write equation
SV» volume of blood pumped out of one ventriclle per beat
CO» amount of blood pumped out of EACH ventricle per minute
Measured by L/min
CO=HR x SV
What is normal CO for a 70kg person at rest
cardiac output at rest is about 5 liters/minute.
What is rhe amount of blood flow that should be sent to the brain?
maintain a blood flow of 750 ml.min-1 to the brain at all times
The blood flow is controlled via_________
Resistance vessels -arterioles and pre capillary sphincters
What is capacitance? In relation to the cvs system? Where is it located?
A store of blood that can be called upon when sudden cardiac output changes occur to cope with the amount of blood leavimg and enetering the heart.
This store is in the veins
Pericardial effusion vs pericardial tamponade
Pericardial effusion (“fluid around the heart”) is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pericardial cavity. Because of the limited amount of space in the pericardial cavity, fluid accumulation leads to an increased intrapericardial pressure which can negatively affect heart function. A pericardial effusion with enough pressure to adversely AFFECT heart function is called cardiac tamponade.
Turbulent flow vs laminar flow
Laminar flow is when all the blood moves in strait line in the same direction “STREAM LINES”. Velocity of rbc will be greater in the middle than the periphery, bc in the periphery it comes in contact with the wall and that causes FRICTION
Turbulent flowing in all directions and mixing with the vessels.
What component in blood can increase whole blood viscosity?
What clinical condition is the most common cause of this?
If plasma viscosity rise, whole BLood vixcosity rises and causes sludging of blood.
MULTIPLE MYELOMA» cancer if plasma cells, malignant clone of olasma cells produces antibodies in large quantitities which increases the viscosity of the blood.
Term for imcreased RBC, platlets, wbc
Polycythemia
Thrombocyathemia
Leukemia
Durin ginflammation what increases in the body? And what do we use to measure inflammation in specific
Acute phase protiens! And we use CRP
What is the diacrotic notch?
minor extra pressure the aorta gives due to a little backflow of blood that hits the valve when it closes?
What is pulse pressure?
Systolic pressure-diastolic pressure=PP
120mmHg-80mmHg=40mmHg
What is MAP? What value if it falls below it, means that organ perfustion is impaired?
[(2x diastolic) + systolic]/ 3
=93mmHg
If it falls below 70mmHg, organ perfusion is impaired
Why in some elderly u cannot here a pulse?
The artery calcifies and and no complience with aging
What depend on how quick the blood from the aorta travels?
Depends om the peripheral resistance
What size should the cuff at leastcwind around the patient’s arm?
80%
How does peripheral resistance effect bp
The more the peripheral resistance the harder it is for the heart to push put blood, so u get higher bp amd vise versa
If the pressure fall below the normal level of about 100mmHg, what changes occur to compensate this
Nervous signals increase force of pumping heart, cause CONTRACTION of venous vreservoirs to provide more blood back to heart and causes genrealised of arterioles in many tissues so that more blood accumalyes in the larger arteries to increase arterial Pressure.
Then after hours and days»kidney takes over.