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7 Cards in this Set
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Small, Weak Pulse |
Decreased pulse pressure with a slow upstroke and prolonged peak. |
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Large, Bounding Pulse |
Great surge precedes a sudden absence of force or fullness. |
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Corrigan’s (Water-Hammer) Pulse |
Increased pulse pressure with a rapid upstroke and downstroke and a shortened peak. |
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Pulsus Alternans |
Regular pulse rhythm with alternation of weak and strong beats (amplitude or volume) |
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Pulsus Bigeminus |
Irregular pulse rhythm in which premature beats alternate with sinus beats. |
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Pulsus Bisferiens |
A strong upstroke, downstroke, and second upstroke during systole. |
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Pulsus Paradoxus |
Pulse with markedly decrease amplitude during inspiration |
