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Case 09 — Narrow pulse pressure

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Case 09 — Narrow pulse pressure

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VA with rising support. Pulse pressure 6 mmHg, CVP 20, lactate climbing. Adding RPM has not changed the perfusion markers. Yesterday’s echo: aortic valve barely opening, smoke in the LV. The fellow wants more flow “for safety.”

Uncorrected hypoxemia, shock, or a dead circuit progresses to pre-arrest, then a code.

Goals

  • · LV unloaded
  • · Pulse pressure ≥ 15
  • · Lactate improving