title: Making sense of central venous pressure.
abstract: Central venous pressure (CVP) is the pressure within a central vein that represents the pressure created by the venous return in the right atrium, otherwise known as the right atrial end diastolic pressure. It is expressed as a numerical value in either millimetres of mercury (mmHg) or centimetres of water (cmH2O).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cornock
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D003971:Diastole; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000451:nursing