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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CHF, decreases intubation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... dz) • Pt is DNI ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #indications #criticalcare
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
physical sign of TR ... Still useful for diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #VolumeStatus #Cardiology
#EKG taken on a patient with an acute pulmonary embolism with right heart strain showing tachycardia,
with an acute pulmonary ... in V1 - V4 #Clinical ... pulmonaryembolism #AcutePE #criticalcare ... #cardiology #ECG
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation demonstrated in the Cephalic Vein

Patient with severe pulmonary hypertension and severe tricuspid regurgitation.
Patient with severe pulmonary ... Regurgitation #Severe #TR ... #PhysicalExam #Cardiology ... #Clinical #Video
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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What’s the diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy, severe TR ... #physicalexam #clinical ... #video #jvp #cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... on scores and clinical ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary ... prognostication #diagnosis ... stratification #criticalcare
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
non-cardiac illness: Critical ... illness, Sepsis, Pulmonary ... , Hypotension doi ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #troponemia
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology ... #clinical
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
CT • Distinct pulmonary ... Sign #CT #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
aortic knob/aortic-pulmonary ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR