How to Calculate Mean Arterial Pressure

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Mean arterial pressure (MAP) is a function of systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The easiest way to calculate MAP is to get the pulse pressure (Systolic BP - Diastolic BP), then multiply the result with 1/3. The answer you get, add it to … [Read more...]

Hydrocephalus or Chiari Malformation?

Q. Does this sound like hydrocephalus to anyone? I have a bulge in the lower rear of my skull, it feels like a bone. I have constant headaches in that spot, leg pains, some earaches, leg pains, my neuro doc first said it was hydrocephalus, now its … [Read more...]