Jul 8, 2011 · Evaluation of the Elderly Patient With Suspected Pericardial Effusion Check for pulsus paradoxus. Determining less than 10 mm Hg of pulsus rules out significant pericardial tamponade.

Sep 22, 2009 · The researchers noted a positive pulsus paradoxus in only 1 of the 146 patients in the ST-segment elevation group and in only 3 of the 92 patients in the non-ST-segment elevation group.

Jul 10, 2014 · For example, having tuberculosis, pulsus paradoxus >10 mg, and left atrial collapse are each scored as 2, for a total score of 6.

Apr 25, 2007 · Moreover, they write, "the presence and degree of pulsus paradoxus may be helpful to predict the degree of hemodynamic compromise" in such patients with suspected tamponade.

Jul 8, 2011 · Feeling a delayed upstroke (pulsus parvus et tardus) suggests aortic stenosis, any left ventricular outflow obstruction, or any significant decrease in stroke volume.

Pulsus paradoxus is a frequent and distinctive sign of cardiac tamponade if measured correctly. However, it is also observed in patients with emphysema, bronchial asthma, extreme obesity ...

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Oct 8, 2009 · Carotid upstroke. Compare the pulse timing with the cardiac point of maximum impulse. Note whether the carotid upstroke is brisk or delayed. A delayed upstroke (pulsus parvus et tardus) …

If the infant's beat-to-beat pulse amplitude varies significantly (e.g., because of pulsus alternans, atrial fibrillation, or the use of a rapid-cycling artificial ventilator), BP and pulse rate ...