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what is the normal pulse pressure?
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30-40 mmHg
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what conditions create a small, weak pulse
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heart failure, severe aortic stenosis, severe congestive heart failure
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what conditions create large, bounding pulses? aka?
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aka = "waterhammer"
aortic regergition, increased stiffness of aortic walls (aging/athersclerosis) |
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what conditions create bisferiens pulse?
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(double systolic peak) aortic regergitation, combined aortic stenosis and regergitation
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what conditions cause a pulsus alternans?
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left ventricular failure, left side S3
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what conditions create a bigeminal pulse?
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normal beat alternating with a premature contraction
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what conditions create a paradoxical pulse?
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decrease in pulses amplitute on quiet inspiration, pericardial tamponade, constrictive pericarditis, obstructive lung disease
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