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Your patient Mr. E.Z. Penner, a playwright best known for his trilogy "Once or Thrice," has the following findings upon catheterization:

PA pressure is 25/15, PCW is 14, cardiac output is 4.0. The PVR is _____ dyne-sec-cm[sup]-5[/sup].

Your patient, Admiral C.D. Fleet, USN-Retired, has a BSA of 2.0M[sup]2[/sup], CO of 3.5, AO of 118/67, PCW of 14, PA of 30/16, RV of 30/0/4, RA of 5. Therefore, his PVR is ______ dyne-sec-cm[sup]-5[/sup].

You are working with Dr. Paul Revered, a widely respected cardiologist. Your team is caring for a neonate in respiratory distress who has the following hemodynamic findings:

Cardiac Output = 2.2 L/min, PA = 44/20/28, RV = 46/0/5, PCW = 7/10/6. What is her Pulmonary Vascular Resistance?

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Your patient Ms. Penny Stamp, a letter carrier from Postal, PA, is 48 years old, 4 ft 11 inches tall, and weighs 125 pounds. She has the following catheterization data:

RA = 10 mmHg, RV = 40/3/11 mmHg, PA = 42/18 mmHg, PCW = 15 mmHg, AO = 126/82 mmHg and LV = 130/0/12 mmHg.  RA saturation = 74%, RV saturation = 75%, PA saturation = 74% and AO saturation = 93%.  Her hemoglobin is 13 mg/dl and her heart rate is 72.  

Calculate her pulmonary vascular resistance in dyne-sec-cm[sup]-5[/sup].

Your patient Mr. Jordan Rivers, a gospel singer from Detroit, has the following cath data: 

PA pressure = 60/33, PCW mean = 11.  Fick cardiac output = 4.4 L/min.  Calculate his Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in dyne-sec-cm[sup]-5[/sup].