Pocket ICU Management
Pulmonary Hypertension
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Definition: mean pulmonary artery pressure >25 mmHg, systolic pulmonary pressure >35, diastolic pulmonary pressure >15
- Determine cause. See below.
- Avoid:
- Hypoxemia
- Hypercarbia
- Acidosis
- Hypothermia
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Last updated: April 29, 2010
Citation
"Pulmonary Hypertension." Pocket ICU Management, PocketMedicine.com, Inc, 2010. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534152/all/Pulmonary_Hypertension.
Pulmonary Hypertension. Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534152/all/Pulmonary_Hypertension. Accessed November 5, 2024.
Pulmonary Hypertension. (2010). In Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534152/all/Pulmonary_Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension [Internet]. In: Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. [cited 2024 November 05]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534152/all/Pulmonary_Hypertension.
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