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Case 16 — Numbers don't match the patient

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Case 16 — Numbers don't match the patient

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The fellow is proud of the numbers: RA −6, PCWP 0, PA 18/2. MAP is 88 and the patient is sitting there discussing lunch.

Untreated tamponade, massive PE, or a crashed CPO/PAPi will keep dropping MAP and climbing lactate. Name the tracing, then move.

Goals

  • · Transducer re-zeroed
  • · RA now credible (≥4)
  • · Offset cleared