You connect your patient's arterial line and PICC line to a hemodynamic monitoring device.
Describe why the following values are high or low for this patient who is diagnosed with sepsis:
1. Central venous pressure (CVP) = 2 (low)
2. Systemic vascular resistance (SVR) = 700 (low)
3. Cardiac index (CI) = 1.8 (low)
Describe why the following values are high or low for this patient who is diagnosed with sepsis:
1. Central venous pressure (CVP) = 2 (low)
2. Systemic vascular resistance (SVR) = 700 (low)
3. Cardiac index (CI) = 1.8 (low)