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:
Symptoms (the classic 6 Ps) 1  Pain. 2  Paresthesia. 3  Paralysis. Pulselessness. 4  Poikilothermia. Pallor.  Symptoms worsen during dialysis particularly in the setting of intradialytic hypotension, and during cold weather.