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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tamponade* • Constriction ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... #Causes
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive ... you evaluate her JVP ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Clinical
Antecubital Vein examination to estimate JVP/CVP

In this video, the antecubital veins move between 

Below [RA +
E.g. in a cold room ... But in rare cases ... Antecubital #Vein #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #estimation ... #Clinical #Video
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Distributive Shock - Low JVP ... • Neurogenic Cold ... Sounds • Pulmonary ... #causes
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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No constriction! ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #clinical #video ... #jvp #cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
What 2 eponymous JVP ... the underlying cause ... + XRT tattoo = constrictive ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
associated with constrictive ... cardiomyopathy, massive pulmonary ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Clinical ... #JVP #Neck #Veins
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... by pulmonary HTN ... have elevated JVP ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
fall of mean #JVP ... Commonest cause ... Constriction, restrictive ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
auscultation, JVD ... with presence of pulmonary ... and congested (“Cold ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm