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Normal Central Venous Pressure (CVP) range - ANSWER 2-8 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP) range - ANSWER 6-12 mmHg Normal Pulmonary Artery Systolic (PAS) range - ANSWER 20-30 mmHg

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Normal Central Venous Pressure (CVP) range - ANSWER 2-8 mmHg



Normal Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure (PAOP) range - ANSWER 6-12 mmHg



Normal Pulmonary Artery Systolic (PAS) range - ANSWER 20-30 mmHg



Normal Pulmonary Artery Diastolic (PAD) range - ANSWER 5-15 mmHg



Normal Pulmonary Artery Mean (PAM) - ANSWER 11-20 mmHg



Normal Systemic Vascular Resistance (SVR) range - ANSWER 800-1200 mmHg



Preload - ANSWER volume left in the left ventricle at the end of diastole



What is preload affected by? - ANSWER venous return to the heart, atrial kick, total volume, and
ventricular compliance



What drugs can affect preload? - ANSWER Furosemide and nitroglycerin



Afterload - ANSWER Amount of pressure heart has to overcome to pump blood out



What drugs may affect afterload? - ANSWER Vasoconstricters and vasodilators



Contractility - ANSWER the contractile force of the heart, how much will it take to move the preload out
against the afterload

, What is the appropriate hold time after pulling an arterial line? - ANSWER 5-10 min



What part of the heart does the PAOP affect? - ANSWER Left ventricle




What is the most important thing to watch for when administering tPa? - ANSWER mental status
changes



Anti-clotting medications - ANSWER Aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix), ticagrelor (Brilinta), warfarin
(Coumadin), heparin, apixaban (Eliquis), and enoxaparin (Lovenox)



Heart rate controlling medications - ANSWER Beta blockers (-lol), calcium channel blockers (-ipine),
Digoxin



Heart rhythm controlling medications - ANSWER Na+ channel blockers (lidocaine) and K+ channel
blockers (amiodarone)



R on T phenomenon - ANSWER When pacing, a strong ventricular stimulus occurring on top of the T
wave that can initiate a sustained ventricular tachyarrythmia



Normal PR interval - ANSWER 0.12-0.20 seconds



What can a long PR interval (>0.20 seconds) indicate? - ANSWER 1st degree heart block, hypokalemia,
acute rheumatic fever, or carditis associated with Lyme disease



Normal QRS complex - ANSWER 0.12 seconds or less



What could a wide QRS complex (>0.12 seconds) indicate? - ANSWER Right or left BBB, pacemaker,
hyperkalemia, or ventricular pre-excitation associated with Wolf-Parkinson-White pattern

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