{"id":30520,"date":"2020-03-26T00:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T00:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/?p=30520"},"modified":"2020-03-26T00:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T00:29:00","slug":"pulsus-paradoxus-mcq-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/pulsus-paradoxus-mcq-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulsus paradoxus &#8211; MCQ &#8211; Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Pulsus paradoxus &#8211; MCQ &#8211; Answer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pulsus paradoxus represents \u2013 Correct answer: a) Exaggerated inspiratory fall in blood pressure<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Normally there is an inspiratory fall in blood pressure of less than 10 mm Hg. This fall is exaggerated in pulsus paradoxus and can be noted in cardiac tamponade and severe obstructive pulmonary disease. In cardiac tamponade,&nbsp; right heart compression prevents inspiratory increase in flow to the right heart and exaggerates the usual drop in venous return to the left heart resulting in fall of blood pressure. In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the swings in venous return occur due to the wide swings in intrathoracic pressure.<\/p>\n<p>If it is an exaggeration of the normal response, what is the \u2018paradox\u2019 in pulsus paradoxus? The term was introduced when it was noted that pulse was absent in inspiration in spite of audible heart sounds in cases of severe pulsus paradoxus (pulsus paradoxus totalis).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/pulsus-paradoxus-mcq\/\"><strong>Back to question<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulsus paradoxus &#8211; MCQ &#8211; Answer Pulsus paradoxus represents \u2013 Correct answer: a) Exaggerated inspiratory fall in blood pressure Normally there is an inspiratory fall in blood pressure of less than 10 mm Hg. This fall is exaggerated in pulsus paradoxus and can be noted in cardiac tamponade and severe obstructive pulmonary disease. In cardiac [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pulsus paradoxus - MCQ - Answer - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/pulsus-paradoxus-mcq-answer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pulsus paradoxus - MCQ - Answer - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pulsus paradoxus &#8211; MCQ &#8211; Answer Pulsus paradoxus represents \u2013 Correct answer: a) Exaggerated inspiratory fall in blood pressure Normally there is an inspiratory fall in blood pressure of less than 10 mm Hg. 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