Sunday, April 13, 2014

Quiz #22: ICU monitor interpretation

5 month old baby. Postoperative day 1 after closure of membranous VSD. Panel 1 and Panel 2 were recorded few minutes apart.
Questions:
1)      What is the arrhythmia in Panel 1?
2)      What type of pacing is done in Panel 2?
3)      Describe the important difference between the CVP waveform in Panel 1 and Panel 2. What is the reason for the difference?
4)      Comment about AV conduction in Panel 2.
5)   Why does arterial line trace have a “flat top”? How will you rectify this issue?

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