vagal maneuvers造句

• A cardiac dysrhythmia is primarily an electrical problem within the heart, and is sometimes treated with electrolytes, vagal maneuver, or electrical cardioversion.
• Patients with supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and other illnesses may be trained to perform vagal maneuvers ( or find one or more on their own ).
• The valsalva maneuver should be the first vagal maneuver tried and works by increasing intra-thoracic pressure and affecting baroreceptors ( pressure sensors ) within the arch of the aorta.
• This is an example of a vagal maneuver, whereby the vagus nerve is stimulated in order to block the atrioventricular node, which interrupts the abnormal electrical circuit taking place in a supraventricular tachycardia.
• There are other vagal maneuvers including : holding one's breath for a few seconds, coughing, plunging the face into cold water, ), drinking a glass of ice cold water, and standing on one's head.
• VNS may also be achieved by one of the " vagal maneuvers " : holding the breath for a few seconds, dipping the face in cold water, coughing, or tensing the stomach muscles as if to bear down to have a bowel movement.