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Low Blood Pressure, On Ventilator. Diagnosed As Chest Spasm. Arteries Clean. Why Did This Happen?
my friend is on a ventilator. He thought he was having a heart attack at first. In the emergency room his blood pressure was dropping very low. the doctors thought he had a block artery. An RN gave him a asprin and he vomited and was choking on it. I believe vomit got into his lung. Ever since that, he has been on a ventilator. At the same time, the DR. checked to see if his heart arteries were blocked. His heart arteries were clean. They determine he had a chest spasm, thinking it was a heart attack. He has been in the hospital for 5-days on a ventilator. The Drs try remove it, but his blood pressure rises. Does anyone have an answer to why that happens?
Mon, 11 Nov 2013
dear sir
thanks for the query
your information is not clear in the first case y did he go to e.r???ant chest pain or fever...there are sevral reasons for low blood pressure like sepsis that is infection in the blood other is cardiogenic shock due heart dysfunction and other is hypovolemic shock due to blood loss.these are the broad categories we classify for low b.p...pls get back with some deatils...
thank you
regards
thanks for the query
your information is not clear in the first case y did he go to e.r???ant chest pain or fever...there are sevral reasons for low blood pressure like sepsis that is infection in the blood other is cardiogenic shock due heart dysfunction and other is hypovolemic shock due to blood loss.these are the broad categories we classify for low b.p...pls get back with some deatils...
thank you
regards
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