pulsus paradoxus
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is an abnormally large decrease in systolic blood pressure and pulse wave amplitude during inspiration.
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- Instance of
- clinical sign
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- Commons category
- Pulsus paradoxus
- suggests the existence of
- cardiogenic shock
- different from
- pulsus alternans
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