RT Book, Section
A1 Greenwood, John C.
A1 Winters, Michael
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
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ID 1166532245
T1 Pulmonary Hypertension
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166532245
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  pulmonary  vascular  system  is  normally  a  high-flow,  low-resistance  circuit,  with  a  mean  pulmonary  arterial  pressure  that  constitutes  approximately  15%  to  20%  of  the  systemic  circulation.1  Normal  pulmonary  arterial  systolic  pressures  range  from  15  to  30  mm  Hg,  and  diastolic  pulmonary  arterial  pressures  range  from  4  to  12  mm  Hg.1  Pulmonary  hypertension  exists  when  a  mean  pulmonary  arterial  pressure  is  >25  mm  Hg  at  rest  or  >30  mm  Hg  during  exertion.1,2