Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Failure or cessation of the pulse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being pulseless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Absence of a
pulse .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In a report on the case published online last month by Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Dr. White and his colleagues reported that Mr. Snitzer "experienced a complete neurologic recovery" and described the episode as the "longest duration of pulselessness in an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with a good outcome."
96 Minutes Without a Heartbeat Ron Winslow 2011
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In 10\% of patients, an absent carotid pulse was not recognized as pulselessness, and in 45\% a pulse was not identified despite the presence of a carotid pulse with a systolic pressure of 80 mmHg or more.
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A 1996 study led by German physician Balthasar Eberle was among the first to conclude that recognition of pulselessness by rescuers with basic CPR training was time-consuming and inaccurate.
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