This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Pulse wave reflections reflect cardiac afterload and perfusion ... Table 1 contains basic population and hemodynamic statistics. SBP and DBP of the radial artery and central aortic are 95 mmHg–168 ...

The renal artery and iliac artery pulses were recorded indirectly during split renal function studies in hypertensive patients suspected of having renal vascular lesions. A phonocatheter was easily ...

Cooling down in seconds is easy if you know this simple trick. Here’s how to quickly cool down your body using pulse points.

Arterial pressure transducers are subject ... could be made by assessing pulses. Presence of a radial pulse was thought to correlate with an SBP of at least 80 mm Hg, a femoral pulse with an ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition in which one or more of the arteries supplying blood to the body, flowing away from the heart, become blocked or partially blocked. This often reduces ...

Physiologic hemodynamic parameters including pulse oximetry, blood pressure, heart rate ... though this recent multicenter study also reports high rates of clinically significant radial artery ...

Tobacco use disorder (addiction to tobacco) is also thought to contribute to a wide pulse pressure. Distributive shock: This medical emergency occurs when the body doesn't circulate enough blood to ...