Comparison of Traditional and Plethysmographic Methods for Measuring Pulsus Paradoxus | Zendy

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Comparison of Traditional and Plethysmographic Methods for Measuring Pulsus Paradoxus

Author(s) -

Jeff A. Clark,

Mary LiehLai,

Ron Thomas,

Kalyani Raghavan,

Ashok P. Sarnaik

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

archives of pediatrics and adolescent medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3628

pISSN - 1072-4710

DOI - 10.1001/archpedi.158.1.48

Subject(s) - medicine , plethysmograph , confidence interval , blood pressure , sphygmomanometer , mean difference , cardiology , limits of agreement , emergency department , cuff , pulse (music) , anesthesia , surgery , nuclear medicine , engineering , psychiatry , detector , electrical engineering

In the evaluation of patients with acute asthma, pulsus paradoxus (PP) is an objective and noninvasive indicator of the severity of airway obstruction. However, in children PP may be difficult or impossible to measure. Indwelling arterial catheters facilitate the measurement of PP, but they are invasive and generally reserved for critically ill patients.

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