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  2. Right atrial pressure - Wikipedia

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    Right atrial pressure (RAP) is the blood pressure in the right atrium of the heart. RAP reflects the amount of blood returning to the heart and the ability of the heart to pump the blood into the arterial system.

  3. Cardiac function curve - Wikipedia

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    The horizontal axis of Guyton diagram represents right atrial pressure or central venous pressure, and the vertical axis represents cardiac output or venous return. The red curve sloping upward to the right is the cardiac output curve, and the blue curve sloping downward to the right is the venous return curve. A steady state is formed at the ...

  4. Venous return - Wikipedia

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    Venous return curves showing the normal curve when the mean systemic filling pressure (Psf) is 7 mm Hg and the effect of altering the Psf to 3.5, 7, or 14 mm Hg. Hemodynamically, venous return (VR) to the heart from the venous vascular beds is determined by a pressure gradient (venous pressure - right atrial pressure) and venous resistance (RV ...

  5. Hemodynamics - Wikipedia

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    MAP = mean arterial pressure (in mmHg), the average pressure of blood as it leaves the heart; RAP = right atrial pressure (in mmHg), the average pressure of blood as it returns to the heart; SVR = systemic vascular resistance (in mmHg * min/L) A simplified form of this equation assumes right atrial pressure is approximately 0:

  6. Vascular resistance - Wikipedia

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    Vascular resistance is the resistance that must be overcome for blood to flow through the circulatory system.The resistance offered by the systemic circulation is known as the systemic vascular resistance or may sometimes be called by another term total peripheral resistance, while the resistance caused by the pulmonary circulation is known as the pulmonary vascular resistance.

  7. Mean arterial pressure - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, the mean arterial pressure (MAP) is an average calculated blood pressure in an individual during a single cardiac cycle. [1] Although methods of estimating MAP vary, a common calculation is to take one-third of the pulse pressure (the difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures), and add that amount to the diastolic pressure.

  8. Central venous pressure - Wikipedia

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    Trend of central venous pressure as a consequence of variations in cardiac output. The three functions indicate the trend in physiological conditions (in the centre), in those of decreased preload (e.g. in hemorrhage , bottom curve) and in those of increased preload (e.g. following transfusion , top curve).

  9. Arterial blood gas test - Wikipedia

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    6.1 is the acid dissociation constant (pK a) of carbonic acid (H 2 CO 3) at normal body temperature [HCO − 3] is the concentration of bicarbonate in the blood in mEq/L; PaCO 2 is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood in mmHg; The kidney and the liver are two main organs responsible for the metabolic homeostasis of pH.