CARDIAC PULSES

Question 1

SLOW RISING PULSE

Answer 1

AORTIC STENOSIS

Question 2

SLOW RISING PULSE WITH SYSTOLIC MURMUR RADIATING TO CAROTIDS

Answer 2

AORTIC STENOSIS

Question 3

BIFID OR TRIFID APICAL IMPULSE

Answer 3

HCM

Question 4

BIFIS OR TRIFID APICAL IMPULSE WITH RAPID UPSTROKE OF PERIPHERAL PULSES AND NO RADIATION WITH EJECTION SM OR HSM

Answer 4

HOCM

Question 5

ONE BEAT NORMAL NEXT BEAT ABNORMAL

Answer 5

PULSES ALTERANS- SEVERE HEART FAILURE

Question 6

CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING

Answer 6

SEVERE HEART FAILURE

Question 7

PULSES PARADOXUS

Answer 7

SBP/DBP DROP MIN OF 10MMHG ON INSPIRATION, JVP BULGES

Question 8

PULSES PARADOXUS SEEN IN WHICH CONDITIONS

Answer 8

CARDIAC TAMPONADE, SVC OBSTRUCTION, PULMONARY OBSTRUCTION, PE, CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS, RWMI, ASTHMA OR COPD ATTACH OR WHERE PEEP, TV, RR ARE INCREASED