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Paradoxical Breathing on Physical Exam

Paradoxical breathing is often a sign of breathing problems. It causes the
is often a sign ... It causes the chest ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video #pulmonary ... #peds #pediatrics
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
restrictive lung disease ... In lung disease ... bronchitis, and COPD ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... Abnormal #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Passive neck flexion causes ... spinal cord movement ... despite severe disease ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Connective tissue diseases ... obstruction • COPD ... Nasal polyps and signs ... , in advanced disease ... mycobacteria Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... super-antigen mediated disease ... • Bilateral signs ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
bilateral, malignant, pediatric ... cases, not associated ... Symptoms and Signs ... may present with pulmonary ... disease: Management
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... involvement in >95% of cases ... tissue, skeleton, CNS ... meninges and spinal cord ... disease: no treatment
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
low glucose) CNS ... of prior silent pulmonary ... organism (soap bubble sign ... Standard treatment ... University Infectious Diseases