Pulmonary circulation - Route. 1  Pulmonary circulation is the movement of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back to the heart.
A patient presents in the ER with a severely low hemoglobin and hematocrit count. Symptomatology includes listlessness, pale, pallor, and hypotensive. The initial assumption is blood loss via the gastrointestinal tract. As either an FNP or an AG-ACNP student, provide an initial evaluation for either a pediatric or an adult patient. In addition, include the following in your presentation:
Patients who have trouble with dizziness and/or syncope when standing may suffer from hypotensive orthostatic intolerance. They are fine when sitting but when standing the vascular tone and cardiac output decreases and the BP and HR go down resulting in dizziness/syncope.