Tag: Tamponade

Pulsus Paradoxus

Kussmaul described the “paradoxen puls” in 1873 (though Wilhelm Griesinger may have discovered it in 1854) as a paradox because

The key Ultrasound findings to look for when you suspect tamponade are a Pericardial effusion plus the following: IVC dilation

In 1935, Claude S. Beck remarked (boasted?) that “Osler not infrequently lamented his failure to recognize…” and Laënnec had “problems