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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 ... #physicalexam #
Lancisi's sign on Physical Exam
Lancisi's sign = loss of the x descent (in tricuspid regurg) creating
loss of the x descent ... Lancisis #sign #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Neck
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• x descent - ... • x descent - ... • y descent - ... Thus the y descent ... Waveforms #JVP #PhysicalExam
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Prominent x descent ... percarditis - Slow y descent ... myxoma - Rapid y descent ... defect - Absent y descent ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Concordant with S1 - X-Descent ... Discordant with S1 - Y-Descent ... diagnosis #cardiology #physicalexam
Jugular Venous Distension on PhysicalExam

#JVP #Distension #Elevated #PhysicalExam #Clinical #Cardiology #Neck #Video #Jugular
Distension on PhysicalExam ... Distension #Elevated #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Cardiology #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 ... #JVP #PhysicalExam
Atrial Flutter on Jugular Neck Examination

What does the neck / JVP exam suggest about the patient’s
Flutter on Jugular Neck ... What does the neck ... #Jugular #JVP #Neck ... #PhysicalExam #
Tracheal Descent Sign

Paradoxical inward movement of the trachea during inspiration. Seen in this COPD patient in
Tracheal Descent ... #Tracheal #Descent ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
copious secretions, Recent ... head/neck surgery ... NAPS) by Nick Mark