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Valsalva

Find Valsalva in Maneuvers. Forced expiration against resistance raises intrathoracic pressure. I: transient BP rise. II: reduced venous return with reflex responses. III: release-related BP dip. IV: recovery/overshoot; severe HF may blunt the usual pattern.

Overview

Open Interventions → Maneuvers. Choose Off, I · Onset, II · Strain, III · Release, IV · Recovery. Effect levels and flow targets represent illustrative modeled responses; they are not clinical dose instructions.

Forced expiration against resistance raises intrathoracic pressure. I: transient BP rise. II: reduced venous return with reflex responses. III: release-related BP dip. IV: recovery/overshoot; severe HF may blunt the usual pattern.

The paused reference covers the route (Cooperative expiratory strain; the simulator selects phases manually rather than timing a patient maneuver.), example doses/settings, indications, adverse effects, contraindications/precautions and monitoring. These details are available after the intervention is selected.

What to monitor in the reference: Continuous ECG/BP and symptoms. The paused graph illustrates phase timing and reflex responses; it does not provide a diagnostic Valsalva ratio. SVT conversion and fatigue are not simulated.

Step by step

  1. Inspect the untreated disease and active treatment count.
  2. Apply the intervention and compare pressures, forward flow, rhythm and congestion.
  3. Pause for its full reference; use Off or Interventions Reset to restart the comparison.

References & further reading

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