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Episode 244: Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index to Assess Right Heart Function with Drs. Essandoh and Kumar

Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast

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Is the PAPI Predicted on End Stage Right Ventricular Failure?

The Michigan score did not really discover any echocardiographic parameters to be that predictive. So it was more of a reflection of congestion of the liver. The right ventricle has been receiving very minimal preload, because the left ventricle had been failing for a long time. Even scaling up the pump speed is an opportunity that pulmonary repulsibility index offers clinicians. And even when you're changing the VAD speed, ask your increase in the V AD speed to increase circulation to the body systemically.

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