Article on Neonatal sepsis

Wonderful article from Indian journal of PEds—Neonatal Sepsis

AIIMS 2006(from AIPPG website)

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Conjugated hyperbilirubinemia is seen in:

A. Gilbert’s syndrome

B. Griggler Najjar syndrome

C. Breast milk jaundice

D. Dubin Johnson syndrome

Ans. (D) Dubin Johnson syndrome

(Ref: Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics 17th Ed, Ch. 338, P-1321)

A 15-year-old female presented to the emergency department with history of recurrent epistaxis, hematuria and hematochezia. There was a history of profuse bleeding from the umbilicus stump at birth. Previous investigations revealed normal prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, thrombin time and fibrinogen levels. Her platelet counts as well as platelet function tests were normal but urea c1ot Jt. positive. Which one of the following clotting factor is most likely to be deficient?

A. Factor X

B. Factor XI

C. Factor XII

D. Factor XIII

Ans. (D) Factor XIII

(Ref: Nelson Pediatrics 17th Ed/P-1661)

Which one of the following is the characteristic feature of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?

A. Myoclonic seizures frequently occur in morning

B. Complete remission is common

C. Response to anticonvulsants is poor

D. Associated absence seizures are present in majority of patients

Ans. (A) Myoclonic seizures frequently occur in the morning

(Ref: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine 16th Ed. 2005—Part XV-Neurologic Disorders;Sec. 2-Diseases of the Central Nervous System;Ch. 348-Seizures and Epilepsy)

Plethoric lung fields are seen in all of the following conditions, except:

A. Atrial septal defect (ASD)

B. TAPVC (Total Anomalous Pulmonary venous connection)

C. Ebstein’s anomaly

D. Ventricular septal defect

Ans. (C) Ebstein’s anomaly

(Ref: Review of Radiology 3rd Ed/p-42-43)

Which of the following is an example of disorders of sex chromosomes?

A. Marfan’s syndrome

B. Testicular feminization syndrome

C. Klinefelter’ s syndrome

D. Down’s syndrome

Ans. (C) Klinefelter’ s syndrome

(Ref: Robbins and Cotrans’s Pathologic Basis of Disease 7th Ed/P-145)

Which of the following haemoglobin (Hb) estimation will be diagnostically helpful in a case of beta thalassemia trait?

A. Hb-F B. Hb1C

C. Hb-A2 D. Hb-H

Ans. (C) Hb-A2

(Ref: Nelsons Pediatrics 17th Ed/P-1633)

Which of the following circulating antibodies has the best sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of celiac disease?

A. Anti-endomysial antibody

B. Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody

C. Anti-gliadin antibody

D. Anti-reticulin antibody

Ans. (A) Anti-endomysial antibody

(Ref: Nelsons Pediatrics 17th Ed/P-1265)

A couple has two children affected with tuberous sclerosis. On detailed clinical and laboratory evaluation (including molecular studies) both parents are normal. Which one of the following explains the two affected children in this family?

A. Non penetrance

B. Uniparental diasomy

C. Genomic imprinting

D. Germline mosaicism

Ans. (D) Germline Mosaicism

(Ref: Journal of Child Neurology/Vol. 19, No. 9, Sept. 2004)

Cardiomyopathy may be seen in all of the following except:

A. Duchenne muscular dystrophy

B. Friedreich’s ataxia

C. Type II glycogen storage disease

D. Alkaptonuria

Ans. (D) Alkaptonuria

Enzyme replacement therapy is available for which of the following disorders?

A. Gaucher disease

B. Niemann Pick disease

C. Mucolipidosis

D. Metachromatic leukodystrophy

Ans. (A) Gaucher’s disease (repeat)

In a child with acute liver failure, the most important prognostic factor for death is:

A. Increasing transaminases

B. Increasing bilirubin

C. Increasing prothrombin time

D. Gram negative sepsis

Ans. (C) Prothrombin time

(Ref: Diseases of the liver and the biliary system 11th Ed, Ch. 8-Acute Liver Failure, P-118)

Which of the following does not establish a diagnosis of congenital CMV infection in a neonate?

A. Urine culture of CMV

B. IgG CMV antibodies in blood

C. Intra-nuclear inclusion bodies in hepatocytes

D. CMV viral DNA in blood by polymerase chain reaction

Ans (B) IgG CMV antibodies in blood

(Ref: Cloherty’s Manual of Neonatal Care 5th Ed/P-257)

All of the following are true of β thalassemia major, except:

A. Splenomegaly

B. Target cells on peripheral smear

C. Microcytic hypochromic anemia

D. Increased osmotic fragility

Ans. (D) Increased osmotic fragility

(Ref: Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 4th Ed/P-184)

Transient synovitis (toxic synovitis) of the hip is characterized by all of the following, except:

A. May follow upper respiratory infection

B. ESR and white blood cell counts are usually normal

C. Ultrasound of the joint reveals widening of the joint space

D. The hip is typically held in adduction and internal rotation

Ans. (D) The hip is typically held in adduction and internal rotation.

(Ref: Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics 17th Ed, Ch. 148, P-809)
A 3-year-old boy presents with fever, dysuria and gross hematuria. Physical examination shows a prominent suprapubic area which is dull to percussion. Urinalysis reveals red blood cells but no proteinuria. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

A. Acute glomerulonephritis

B. Urinary tract infection

C. Posterior urethral valves

D. Teratoma

Ans. (B) Urinary tract infection

Which of the following statements is true of primary grade IV-V vesicoureteric reflux in young children?

A. Renal scarring usually begins in the midpolar regions

B. Postnatal scarring may occur even in the absence of urinary tract infections

C. Long-term outcome is comparable in patients treated with either antibiotic prophylaxis or surgery

D. Oral amoxicillin is the choice antibiotic for prophylaxis

Ans. (B) Postnatal scarring may occur even in the absence of urinary tract infections.

(Ref: Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics 17th Ed—Ch. 531-Vesicoureteric Reflux, P-1791-1793)

15-year-old boy presented with one day history of bleeding gums, subconjunctival bleed and purpuric rash. Investigations revealed the following results:

Hb-6.4 gm/dL; TLC-26,500/mm3 Platelet-35,000/mm3; prathrombin time–20 sec with a control of 13 sec; partial thromboplastin time-50 sec; and Fibrinogen 10 mg/dL. Peripheral smear was suggestive of acute myeloblastic leukernice. Which of the following is the most likely?

A. Myeloblastic leukemia without maturation

B. Myeloblastic leukemia with maturation

C. Promyelocytic leukemia

D. Myelomonscytic leukemia

Ans. (C) Promyelocytic leukemia

(Ref: Manual of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 4th Ed/P-306, 443)

The defective migration of neural crest cells results in:

A. Congenital megacolon

B. Albinism

C. Adrenogenital hypoplasia

D. Dentinogenesis imperfecta

Ans. (A) Congenital megacolon

(Ref: Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery 8th Ed. 2005— Part II- Specific Considerations; Ch. 38-Pediatric Surgery)

A premature infant is born with a patent ductus arteriosus. Its closure can be stimulated by administration of:

A. Prostaglandin analogue

B. Estrogen

C. Anti-estrogen compounds

D. Prostaglandin inhibitors

Ans. (D) Prostaglandin inhibitors

The loading dose of Aminophylline is:

A. 50-75 ug/kg

B. 0.5-1.0 mg/kg

C. 2.0-3.5 mg/kg

D. 5-6 mg/kg

Ans. (D) 5-6 mg/kg

Cushing’s Triad includes all except:

A. Hypertension

B. Bradycardia

C. Hypothermia

D. Irregular respiration

Ans. (C) Hypothermia

(Ref: Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment 17th Ed. 2005—Ch. 11-Emergencies and Injuries)

All of the following drugs are used for managing status epilepticus except:

A. Phenytoin

B. Diazepam

C. Thiopentone sodium

D. Carbamazepine

Ans. (D) Carbamazepine

(Ref: Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment 17th Ed. 2005—Ch. 23-Neurologic and Muscular Disorders; Table 23.9-Status epilepticus treatment)

Administration of glucose solution is prescribed for all of the following situations except:

A. Neonates

B. Child of a diabetic mother

C. History of unconsciousness

D. History of hypoglycemia

Ans. (C) History of unconsciousness

(Ref: Rudolph’s Pediatrics 21st Ed. 2003—24. The Endocrine System; 24.9-Hypoglycemia)

Which organ is the primary site of hematopoiesis in the fetus before midpregnancy?

A. Bone

B. Liver

C. Spleen

D. Lung

Ans. (B) Liver

(Ref: Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics 17th Ed/
P-1599)

All of the following are the complications in the new born of a diabetic mother except:

A. Hyper bilirubinemia

B. Hyperglycemia

C. Hypocalcemia

D. Hypomagnesemia

Ans. (B) Hyperglycemia

(Ref: Cloherty’s Manual of Neonatal Care 5th Ed./P-13-1

Eponymous Signs in Splenic rupture

Ballance's  sign - Ballance's sign is dullness to percussion in the left flank LUQ and shifting dullness to percussion in the right flank seen with splenic rupture/hematoma. The dullness in the left flank is due to coagulated blood, the shifting dullness on the right due to fluid blood.

Kehr's  sign - Kehr's sign is the occurrence of acute pain in the tip of the shoulder due to the presence of blood or other irritants in the peritoneal cavity when a person is lying down and the legs are elevated. Kehr's sign in the left shoulder is considered a classical symptom of a ruptured spleen. Kehr's sign is a classical example of referred pain: irritation of the diaphragm is signalled by the phrenic nerve as pain in the area above the collarbone.

Saegasser's  sign  - Palpation of  left upper quadrant  inferior to ribs  elicits neck pain in the  patient. 

Different Eponymous types of Hernia

Amyand's hernia :The term Amyand’s hernia refers to the presence of the appendix within the hernial sac, and has been variously defined as the occurrence of either an inflammed or perforated appendix within an inguinal hernia, or simply, the presence of a non-inflammed appendix within an irreducible inguinal hernia.

The pathophysiology of Amyand’s hernia is unknown. Weber et al [4], proposed that appendix in
hernia becomes inflamed as a result of repeated trauma,leading to adhesions and bacterial overgrowth.

Barth's hernia :Hernia of the loops of intestine between the serosa of the abdominal wall and that of a persistent vitelline duct.

Beclard's hernia - femoral hernia through saphenous opening

Berger's hernia - hernia in Pouch of Douglas

Bochdalek hernia :(congenital posterolateral hernia of the diaphragm)A Bochdalek Hernia is one of two forms of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia, the other form being Morgagni's hernia.

The foramen of Bochdalek is a 2cm x 3cm opening in the posterior aspect of the diaphragm in the foetus, through which the pleuroperitoneal canal communicates between the pleural and peritoneal cavities. This canal normally closes by the 8thweek of gestation, failure or  incomplete fusion of the lateral (costal) with the posterior (crural) components of the diaphragm leads to the
development of Bochdalek hernia. Since the left canal closes later than the right, this type of hernia is found on the left side in 85% of cases

Cloquet's hernia :A femoral hernia perforating the aponeurosis of the pectineus and insinuating itself between this aponeurosis and the muscle, lying therefore behind the femoral vessels.


Cooper's hernia (bilocular femoral hernia ): A femoral hernia with two sacs, the first being in the femoral canal, and the second passing through a defect in the superficial fascia and appearing immediately beneath the skin.

De Garengeot's hernia : incarceration of the vermiform appendix within a femoral hernia.

Gibbon's hernia : hernia with hydrocoele

Gruber's hernia :Internal mesogastric hernia.

Hesselbach's hernia - hernia of a loop of intestine through the cribriform fascia presenting lateral to femoral artery

Hey's hernia :encysted hernia, scrotal or oblique inguinal hernia in which the bowel, enveloped in its own proper sac, passes into the tunica vaginalis in such a way that the bowel has three coverings of peritoneum

Holthouse hernia :an inguinal hernia that has turned outward into the groin.

Krönlein's hernia: An inguinoproperitoneal hernia; a hernia that is partially inguinal and partly properitoneal.

Larrey's hernia = (Morgagni's hernia)

Laugier’s femoral hernia- This is a type of femoral hernia through a gap in the lacunar ligament. It is more medial in position and nearly always strangulated.

Littre's hernia - hernia with Meckels's Diverticulum

lumbar hernia: hernia in the lumbar region (not to be confused with a lumbar disc hernia), contains following entities:

  • Petit's hernia - hernia through Petit's triangle (inferior lumbar triangle).
  • Grynfeltt's hernia - hernia through Grynfeltt-Lesshaft triangle (superior lumbar triangle).

Maydl's hernia -(hernia-in-W) The hernia contains two loops of bowel arranged like a 'W'. The central loop of the 'W' lies free in the abdomen and is strangulated where as the two loops present in the sac are not.

Mesocolic / transmesenteric hernias:  occur through iatrogenically created defects in the mesentery. These defects include herniation of an abdominal viscus, usually through the small bowel mesentery or transverse mesocolon. These hernias are common following abdominal surgery, especially Roux-en-Y loop reconstruction,  which creates a defect in the mesentery.

Morgagni hernia (also known as retrosternal or parasternal diaphragmatic hernia) occurs due to the defective fusion of the septal transverses of the diaphragm and the costal arches. This anatomic defect lies posterolateral to the sternum and is called Larrey’s space . The exact aetiology of this hernia is unknown but it is postulated that it begins as a weakness in the diaphragm which is later stretched due to intraperitoneal pressure.

Narath’s femoral hernia - The hernia lies hidden behind the femoral vessels. It occurs only in patients with congenital hip dislocation due to lateral displacement of the psoas muscle.

Pantaloon hernia: a combined direct and indirect hernia, when the hernial sac protrudes on either side of the inferior epigastric vessels

Perineal hernia(Mery’s hernia): A perineal hernia protrudes through the muscles and fascia of the perineal floor. It may be primary but usually, is acquired following perineal prostatectomy, abdominoperineal resection of the rectum, or pelvic exenteration.

Phantom hernia - Localised muscle buldge following muscular paralysis

Richter's hernia: strangulated hernia involving only one sidewall of the bowel, which can result in bowel perforation through ischaemia without causing bowel obstruction or any of its warning signs.

Rieux's hernia :retrocecal hernia, protrusion of the intestine into a pouch behind the cecum.

Rokitansky's hernia :A separation of the muscular fibres of the bowel allowing protrusion of a sac of the mucous membrane.

Serofini's hernia - behind femoral vessels

Spigelian hernia - Spigelian hernia occurs through congenital or acquired defects in the spigelian fascia. This is the area of the transversus abdominis aponeurosis, lateral to the edge of the rectus muscle but medial to the spigelian line, which is the point of transition of the transversus abdominis muscle to its aponeurotic tendon.

Treitz's hernia is the eponymous name for a paraduodenal hernia. These are rare hernias that arise in the potential spaces and folds of the posterior parietal peritoneum adjacent to the ligament of Treitz.(duodenojejunal hernia)

Velpeau hernia: A velpeau hernia is a femoral hernia in front of the femoral blood vessels in the groin.

 

 

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Eponyms for Percivall Pott

 

Eponym Description
Pott's aneurysm Arteriovenous aneurysm in which blood flows from an artery directly into a vein without going through a connecting sac
Pott's cancer Scrotal cancer originally described in chimney sweeps exposed to coal dust
Pott's disease Caries or osteitis of the vertebrae, usually of tuberculous origin (mycobacterium tuberculosis), characterized by softening and collapse of the vertebrae, often resulting in kyphosis, a hunchback deformity (Pott's curvature).
Pott's fracture Supramalleolar fracture of 1 or both ankle bones
Pott's gangrene Gangrene of foot from arterial insufficiency
Pott's paraplegia Paraplegia caused by spinal cord compression and abscesses in tuberculous spondylitis (Pott disease)
Pott's puffy tumor Pott puffy tumor is a subperiosteal abscess of the frontal bone that appears as a localized swelling of the overlying region of the forehead. It is the result of frontal sinusitis and osteomyelitis that erode through the anterior mantle of the frontal bone.

Splitting of Second heart sound

To understand Splitting of S2 better, we should first understand its normal physiology.

Second heart sound:

It has two audible components, the aortic valve closure sound (A2) and the pulmonic valve closure sound (P2), which are normally split on inspiration and virtually single on expiration.

Technique:

It has two audible components, the aortic closure sound (A2) and the pulmonic closure sound (P2), which must be separated by more than 20 msec (0.20 sec) in order to be differentiated and heard as two distinct sounds. It is clinically very important to determine the presence and degree of respiratory splitting and the relative intensities of A2 and P2.

Splitting is best identified in the second or third left ICS, since the softer P2 normally is confined to that area, whereas the louder A2 is heard over the entire precordium, including the apex.

Physiology:

Various research findings suggests that closure of the aortic and pulmonic valves initiates the series of events that produces the second heart sound. The main audible components, however, result from vibrations of the cardiac structures after valve closure. Using high-fidelity, catheter-tipped micro-manometers and echophonocardiography, it has been shown that the aortic and pulmonic valves close silently and that co-aptation of the aortic valve cusps precedes the onset of the second sound by a few milliseconds. The second sound therefore originates from after-vibrations in the cusps and in the walls and blood columns of the great vessels and their respective ventricles. The energy from these oscillations comes from sudden deceleration of retrograde flow of the column of blood in the aorta and pulmonary artery when the elastic limits of the tensed valve leaflets are met. This abrupt deceleration sets the whole cardiohemic system into vibration.

In order to understand splitting of the second heart sound, knowledge of its relationship to the cardiac cycle is essential.

First lets understand why is A2 before P2 ?

1.Both right & left ventricular systole ends at the same time .(ie, systolic muscle contraction of both ventricles ends at same time)

2.pulmonary arterial pressure is less than aortic pressure (i.e, pulmonary resistance to forward flow from ventricles is less than aortic resistance => therefore we can say that pulmonary impedance is less than aortic impedance.){impedance is nothing but resistance}

3.Therefore as pulmonary impedance is less, even after right ventricular systolic contraction blood continues to flow through valve until pulmonary arterial pressure increases more than right ventricle). But as aortic impedance is more ,it stops blood flow through the aortic valve before itself.

4.Due to the above reasons ,Right ventricular ejection begins prior to left ventricular ejection, has a slightly longer duration, and terminates after left ventricular ejection, resulting in P2 normally occurring after A2.

A2 and P2 are coincident with the incisura of the aorta and pulmonary artery pressure curves, respectively, and terminate left and right ventricular ejection periods.(incisura reflects closure of valves)

The differences between the aortic and pulmonary artery vascular impedance characteristics are also essential to understanding the effects of respiration on splitting of S2. When the pressure curves of the pulmonary artery and right ventricle are recorded simultaneously, the pulmonary artery curve at the level of the incisura (dicrotic notch) lags behind the right ventricular curve, or "hangs out" after it.

hangout interval

The duration of the "hangout interval" is a measure of impedance in the pulmonary artery system. In the highly compliant (low-resistance, high-capacitance) pulmonary vascular bed, the hangout interval may vary from 30 to 120 msec, contributing significantly to the duration of right ventricular ejection.

In the left side of the heart, because impedance is much greater, the hangout interval between the aorta and left ventricular pressure curves is negligible (less than or equal to 5 msec).

The hangout interval therefore correlates closely with impedance of the vascular bed into which blood is being injected. Its duration appears to be inversely related to vascular impedance.

Normal physiological splitting during respiration:

Alterations in the impedance characteristics of the pulmonary vascular bed and the right-sided hangout interval are responsible for many of the observed changes in splitting of S2.

In a normal physiologic setting, inspiration lowers impedance in the pulmonary circuit, prolongs the hangout interval and delays pulmonic valve closure, resulting in audible splitting of A2 and P2.

On expiration, the reverse occurs: pulmonic valve closure is earlier, and the A2–P2 interval is separated by less than 30 msec and may sound single to the ear. Since the pulmonary circulation has a much lower impedance than the systemic circulation, flow through the pulmonic valve takes longer than flow through the aortic valve. The inspiratory split widens mainly because of delay in the pulmonic component.

Traditionally it was believed that an inspiratory drop in intrathoracic pressure favored greater venous return to the right ventricle, pooling of blood in the lungs, and decreased return to the left ventricle. The increase in right ventricular volume prolonged right-sided ejection time and delayed P2; the decrease in left ventricular volume reduced left-sided ejection time and caused A2 to occur earlier. The delayed P2 and early A2 associated with inspiration, however, are best understood as an interplay between changes in the pulmonary vascular impedance and changes in systemic and pulmonary venous return. The net effect is that right ventricular ejection is prolonged, left ventricular ejection is shortened, and the A2–P2 interval widens during inspiration.

Clinical Significance

Normally the aortic closure sound (A2) occurs prior to the pulmonic closure sound (P2), and the interval between the two (splitting) widens on inspiration and narrows on expiration. With quiet respiration, A2 will normally precede P2 by 0.02 to 0.08 second (mean, 0.03 to 0.04 sec) with inspiration. In younger subjects inspiratory splitting averages 0.04 to 0.05 second during quiet respiration. With expiration, A2 and P2 may be superimposed and are rarely split as much as 0.04 second. If the second sound is split by greater than 0.04 second on expiration, it is usually abnormal.

Therefore, the presence of audible splitting during expiration (i.e., the ability to hear two distinct sounds during expiration) is of greater significance at the bedside in identifying underlying cardiac pathology than is the absolute inspiratory increase in the A2–P2 interval.

ABNORMAL SPLITTING OF THE SECOND HEART:

(1) persistently single;

(2) persistent (audible expiratory) splitting, with normal respiratory variation;

(3) persistent splitting without respiratory variation (fixed splitting); and

(4) reversed (paradoxical) splitting.

splitting s2

(1) persistently single;

  • When S2 remains single throughout the respiratory cycle, one component is absent or the two components are persistently synchronous.
  • The most common cause of a single S2 is inaudibility of the P2 in older adults with increased anteroposterior chest dimensions.
  • In the setting of
    congenital heart disease, a single S2 due to absence of the pulmonary component is a feature of pulmonary atresia, severe pulmonary valve stenosis, dysplastic pulmonary valve, or complete transposition of the great arteries.
  • Conversely, a single S2 due to inaudibility of the A2 occurs when the aortic valve is immobile (severe calcific aortic stenosis) or atretic (aortic atresia).

(2) persistent (audible expiratory) splitting, with normal respiratory variation;

  • Persistent splitting may be due to a delay in P2, as in cases of simple complete right bundle branch block,or to early timing of the A2, as occasionally occurs in cases of mitral regurgitation(since early emptying of left ventricle –> early closure of Aortic valve).
  • Normal directional changes in the interval of the split (greater with inspiration, lesser with exhalation) in the presence of persistent audibility of both components defines the split as persistent but not fixed.
  • these conditions have wide inspiratory split

(3) fixed splitting;

  • This term applies when the interval between the A2 and P2 is not only wide and persistent but also remains unchanged during the respiratory cycle.
    Fixed splitting is an auscultatory hallmark of  atrial septal defect(ASD). 
  • A2 and P2 are widely separated during exhalation and exhibit little or no change in the degree of splitting during inspiration.

Reason behind wide splitting:

The wide splitting is caused by a delay in the P2 because a marked decrease in pulmonary vascular impedance prolongs the interval between the descending limbs of the pulmonary arterial and right ventricular pressure pulses (“hangout”), and therefore delays the pulmonary incisura and the P2.

Reason behind fixed splitting:

  • We know that in normal individuals , the amount of pulmonary ejection is more during inspiration compared to that in expiration (since pulmoary impedance decreases during inspiration)
  • In ASD .the amount of blood which passes throught he pulmonary valve ramains the samee in both inspiration& expiration because of Phasic changes in systemic venous return during respiration in patients with atrial septal defect are associated with reciprocal changes in the volume of the left-to-right shunt, minimizing respiratory variations in right ventricular filling. (ie, whenever venous return increases in inspiration, it causes a reciprocal decrease in left to right shunting in atria & whenever venous return decreased as in expiration ,shunting increases =>this maintains equal amount of blood in right ventricle irrespective of inspiration or exoiration)
  • The net effect is the characteristic wide, fixed splitting of the two components of the S2.

(4) reversed (paradoxical) splitting. 

  • This term refers to a reversed sequence of semilunar valve closure, the P2 preceding the A2.
  • Common causes of paradoxical splitting are complete left bundle branch block or a right ventricular pacemaker, both of which are associated with initial activation of the right side of the ventricular septum, and delayed activation of the left ventricle owing to transseptal (right-to-left) depolarization.
  • When the S2 splits paradoxically, its two components separate during exhalation and become
    single (synchronous) during inspiration .
  • Inspiratory synchrony is achieved as the two components fuse because of a delay in the P2, less to earlier timing of the aortic
    component.

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