WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS INDICATIVE OF CARDIAC TAMPONADE ? A / PULSUS PARODOXUS B / WIDE PULSE PRESSURE C / KUSSMAUL'S SIGN D / FORCEFUL APICAL IMPULSE

## MEDICAL EMERGENCIES: SHOCK ## Condition of severe impairment of tissue perfusion leading to cellular injury and dysf...See More

A five week old, full term boy presented with respiratory distress, URI symptoms and thrombocytopenia. Chest CT showed p...See More

What is pulsus paradoxus How to check in a case of cardiac tamponade with grade 4 brethlessness??

65 years old female, presented with cardiac temponade. Pericardial fluid for cytology.

Cardiac tamponade

Cardiac tamponade

In cardiac tamponade and constrictive pericarditis, the heart is not able to relax completely. same goes for the right atrium. So, the prominence of x descent should be reduced which occurs due to atrial relaxation. But the prominence actua...See More

Causes of raised JVP with hypotension: Cardiac tamponade Right ventricular MI Right heart failure Constrictive pericarditis Restrictive cardiomyopathy

Hannan crunch is a feature of 1) Subcutaneous emphysema 2) Pneumonia 3) Flail chest 4) Cardiac tamponade