A vagal maneuver is an action used to stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system by activating the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the longest nerve...

ear while swallowing Müller's maneuver – Procedure used in medicine to diagnose some types of tinnitus Vagal maneuver – Action used to slow down the...

(NICE) for cluster headaches. VNS may also be achieved by one of the vagal maneuvers: holding the breath for 20 to 60 seconds, dipping the face in cold...

The Czermak–Hering test is a vagal maneuver consisting of the application of external digital pressure to the carotid sinus. The test is performed at the...

rhythm typically between 150 and 240 beats per minute. Vagal maneuvers, such as the Valsalva maneuver, are often used as the initial treatment. If not effective...

problem within the heart, and is sometimes treated with electrolytes, vagal maneuver, or electrical cardioversion. Many dysrhythmias may herald an impending...

of SVT and can include medications, medical procedures, or surgery. Vagal maneuvers, or a procedure known as catheter ablation, may be effective in certain...

distinguish the three are:[citation needed] Vagal maneuvers (such as carotid sinus massage or Valsalva's maneuver) to slow the rate and identification of...

triggers this reflex in order to calm patients. Carotid sinus massage Vagal maneuver Reflex,+Oculocardiac at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical...

resulting in simultaneous enhancement of parasympathetic nervous system (vagal) tone and withdrawal of sympathetic nervous system tone.[citation needed]...

to correct it by a simple deceleration using some physical maneuvers called vagal maneuvers. But, if the cause of the tachycardia is chronic (permanent)...

regulating heart rate by methods such as listening to music, meditation or a vagal maneuver takes longer and only lowers the rate to a much smaller extent. Heart...

supply to the heart is via the vagus nerve, and these maneuvers are collectively known as vagal maneuvers. There are many classes of antiarrhythmic medications...

palpitations by a simple deceleration using some physical maneuvers called vagal maneuvers. Changing body position (e.g. sitting upright rather than lying...

regulating heart rate by methods such as listening to music, meditation or a vagal maneuver takes longer and only lowers the rate to a much smaller extent. A scientific...

other regular narrow complex supraventricular tachycardias: first with vagal maneuvers followed by a trial of adenosine (first-line therapy). The 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS...

vagal (parasympathetic) activity is a major contributor to the HF component, as seen in clinical and experimental observations of autonomic maneuvers...

subcategorized based on narrow QRS vs. wide QRS. If narrow QRS/ SVT, perform vagal maneuvers and give adenosine. If wide QRS/ VT with regular rhythm and monomorphic...

of the solitary nucleus inhibits the vasomotor center and stimulates the vagal nuclei. The end-result of baroreceptor activation is inhibition of the sympathetic...

pressure caused by laryngoscopy. Atropine can be given when children produce a vagal response, evidenced by bradycardia, in response to intubation. Some physicians...

and/or acute heart failure, which ultimately may lead to a cardiac arrest. A vagal response to an extreme stimulus as this one, may, in very rare cases, render...

does not happen in adults because sympathetic stimulation overpowers the vagal response. However, for those adults who have received drugs such as beta...

may augment the effects of hypoxia by approximating the Valsalva maneuver, causing vagal stimulation. The hyperventilation leads to an excessive elimination...

thereby modulated by vagal (parasympathetic) outflow leading to excessive slowing of heart rate. The abnormality lies in this excessive vagal response causing...

main symptom is palpitations. Treatment may be with specific physical maneuvers, medications, or, rarely, synchronized cardioversion. Frequent attacks...

hyposensitivity, impaired baroreflex control, depressed efferent parasympathetic/vagal function, nociceptive stimulation, central autonomic overactivity, and abnormal...

It consists of peripheral vasoconstriction and associated hypertension, vagally induced bradycardia and reduction of cardiac output. This appears to preferentially...

Kahlow, Hannes; Olivecrona, Magnus (December 2013). "Complications of vagal nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy". Seizure. 22 (10): 827–833...