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Differential Diagnosis For Paradoxical pulse/Pulses paradoxicus
List of current finding(s):
Paradoxical pulse/Pulses paradoxicus
- Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders
- Positive pressure respirator treatment
- Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
- Asthma
- Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
- Hemopericardium
- Tamponade, cardiac
- Pericardial effusion
- Heart rupture/ventricular wall
- Cardiomyopathy, restrictive
- Pericarditis, chronic constrictive
- Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
- Right ventricle infarction
- Reference to Organ System
- Hypovolemic shock
- Congestive heart failure
- Emphysema/COPD/Chronic lung disease
- Pathophysiologic
- Hypovolemic status
- Synonyms
- Blood pressure systolic inspiratory decreased, Finding of paradoxical pulse volume, Finding of paradoxical pulse volume (finding), Kussmaul pulse, Kussmauls sign positive, Kussmaul's sign positive, Paradoxical pulse, Paradoxical pulse volume, Paradoxical pulse volume finding, Positive Kussmauls sign, Positive Kussmaul's sign, PULSE PARADOXICAL, Pulsus paradoxus, Pulsus paradoxus (finding)
- Definition
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A decrease of 10-12 mm Hg or more in the first appearance of Korotkoff Phase I sounds in expiration compared with when the Karotkoff Phase I sounds are heard continually in inspiration. Pericardial tamponade pathophysiology is likely with this sign.
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