A 32-year-old patient has a pulmonary vascular resistance of 4 mm Hg/L per minute and a cardiac output of 5 L/min. What is her driving pressure for moving blood through the pulmonary circula on?
20 mm Hg DP = R xQ . = 4 mm Hg/L/min x 5 L/min = 20 mm Hg.
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