Medical image of the week: pulsus paradoxus

Medical image of the week: pulsus paradoxus

A 75 year-old man was admitted for suspected septic shock and acute renal failure requiring hemodialysis. He did not required mechanical ventilation. An arterial line was placed and he was found to have pulsus paradoxus (Figure 1). A transthoracic echocardiogram showed early right atrial diastolic c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thao C, Hasan M, Babary H, Luraschi C
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2015-09-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Subjects:
pulsus paradoxus
blood pressure
inspiration
breathing
change
differential diagnosis
arterial line
tracing
cardiac tamponade
definition
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