Pulsus Paradoxus Definition | Medicalalgorithms.com

Are you evaluating a patient's pulse and blood pressure?

Yes

Is the patient breathing normally?

Yes

Systolic blood pressure during expiration in mm Hg

Systolic blood pressure during inspiration

mm Hg

Does the patient have evidence for?

• massive pulmonary embolism?

Yes

• extreme hypotension or hemorrhagic shock?

Yes

• severe asthma or severe emphysema?

Yes

• cardiac tamponade?

Yes

• constrictive pericarditis?

Yes

• morbid obesity?

Yes

Pulsus Paradoxicus