• Pulsus paradoxus, also paradoxic pulse or paradoxical pulse, is an abnormally large decrease in stroke volume, systolic blood pressure (a drop more than...
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    those with arteriosclerosis, arrhythmia, preeclampsia, pulsus alternans, and pulsus paradoxus, as their calculations may not be correct for these conditions...
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  • pressure. A low tension pulse (pulsus mollis), the vessel is soft or impalpable between beats. In high tension pulse (pulsus durus), vessels feel rigid even...
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    ventricular filling in a condition known as cardiac tamponade, causing pulsus paradoxus and potentially fatal circulatory failure. Fluid can be removed from...
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    presenting with cardiac tamponade may also be evaluated for pulsus paradoxus. Pulsus paradoxus is a phenomenon in which systolic blood pressure drops by...
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  • by a longer pause Pulsus bisferiens, a medical condition which an aortic waveform with two peaks per cardiac cycle Pulsus paradoxus, a medical condition...
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    possibility of heart failure in form of pericardial tamponade causing pulsus paradoxus, and the Beck's triad of low blood pressure (due to decreased cardiac...
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    which include arteriosclerosis, arrhythmia, preeclampsia, pulsus alternans, and pulsus paradoxus. In practice the different methods do not give identical...
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  • expect larger organisms to be more predisposed to cancer. Pulsus paradoxus: A pulsus paradoxus is an exaggerated decrease in systolic blood pressure during...
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  • (1822-1902). He is also credited with describing Kussmaul breathing. Pulsus paradoxus Disorders of the Cardiovascular System; Harrison's Principles of Internal...
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