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Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Prominent x descent ... myxoma - Rapid y descent ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
altitude • Stop ascent ... hyperbaric chamber • Descent ... Symptoms #Signs #Diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Concordant with S1 - X-Descent ... Discordant with S1 - Y-Descent ... Pressure #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #cardiology #physicalexam
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• x descent - ... • x descent - ... • y descent - ... Thus the y descent ... #PhysicalExam #cardiology
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
waves and two descents ... blunting of ‘x’ descent ... - ‘y’ descent ... Interpretation #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Venous
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Hepatitis B (15 percent ... Hepatitis C (47 percent ... - Alcohol (18 percent ... ) Unknown (14 percent ... ) #Diagnosis #
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
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
Idiopathic (up to 55 percent ... pharyngitis (28 to 48 percent ... Drugs (3 to 10 percent ... Pregnancy (2 to 5 percent ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Tracheal Descent Sign

Paradoxical inward movement of the trachea during inspiration. Seen in this COPD patient in
Tracheal Descent ... #Tracheal #Descent
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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with history of recent ... Syndrome #EKG #ecg #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis