Calculate the mean arterial pressure (map) for a patient whose systolic blood pressure is 120 mm hg and diastolic blood pressure

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Savatey [412]

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Calculate the mean arterial pressure (map) for a patient whose systolic blood pressure is 120 mm hg and diastolic blood pressure

is 70 mm hg.

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irakobra [83] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-13T03:34:02+03:00

Mean arterial pressure is the mean arterial pressure in one cardiac cycle. In several case mean arterial pressure is a better indicator for therapy.

Mean arterial pressure calculated by : (2x systolic pressure + 1xdiastolic pressure) /3
In this case it would be (2x120 + 1x70)/3 = 310/3 = 103mmHg