Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure=pulmonary artery occlusion pressure Flashcards
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What is Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure=pulmonary artery occlusion pressure?
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It is an approximation of left atrial pressure and left-ventricular end-diastolic pressures
—-Measured by inserting swan-ganz catheter=pulmonary artery catheter through SVC and pushing it through RA🡪RV🡪pulmonary trunk🡪pulm artery branch🡪tip blocks blood flow and approximates pressures at left-side of heart
—-Low in septic shock
