October 21, 2012

Nursing Tip of the Day! - Critical Care Nursing

Category: Critical Care Nursing 
The description of pulsus paradoxus by Kussmaul in 1873 was of the "paradox" of not palpating a pulse despite detecting a heartbeat during inspiration. It has since been described in patients during inspiration with a  in LVSV and MAP.

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