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Campbell’s sign or Tracheal Descent in Longstanding COPD

Patients with longstanding COPD may show downward displacement of
sign or Tracheal Descent ... sign #Tracheal #Descent ... video #trachea #neck
Lancisi's sign on Physical Exam
Lancisi's sign = loss of the x descent (in tricuspid regurg) creating
loss of the x descent ... Clinical #Video #Neck
Jugular Vein vs Carotid Artery - Distinguishing Neck Pulsations on Physical Exam
Jugular Vein:
 - No pulsations
Distinguishing Neck ... systole (x and y descents ... - Prominent descents ... - Descents not ... diagnosis #comparison #neck
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Friedreich's Sign on Neck ... (sharp/deep Y-descent ... #Friedreichs #Neck
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
The rapid Y descent ... Video #Clinical #Neck
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
clearly discernible descents ... Giant #PHTN #JVP #Neck
SUMMARY FOR YOUR NOTES:
- The thyroid appears as an epithelial proliferation of the floor of the
- The thyroid descends ... travel down to the neck
Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
altitude • Stop ascent ... hyperbaric chamber • Descent
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
copious secretions, Recent ... head/neck surgery ... NAPS) by Nick Mark
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• x descent - ... • x descent - ... overcomes the descent ... • y descent - ... Thus the y descent