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First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
Asthma #Overlap #FirstLine ... #Differences #Algorithm
Symptoms and Sign of Congestive Heart Failure.

#Congestive #HeartFailure #CHF #Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam

** GrepMed Recommended Text: Bates'
#HeartFailure #CHF ... Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam
HFrEF - Low Ejection Fraction on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios
 - Displaced Apical Impulse
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#HFrEF #LowEF #PhysicalExam ... diagnosis #cardiology #CHF
COVID19 vs CHF on POCUS

Spot the difference. 2 pts presenting with nearly same symptoms. Left COVID
COVID19 vs CHF on ... POCUS Spot the difference ... pneumonia, right CHF ... other causes (like CHF
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Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
for diagnosis of CHF ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam
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Physical Exam findings in Lower Extremity DVT - Likelihood Ratios
 - Asymmetric calf swelling, ≥2 cm
swelling, ≥2 cm difference ... Likelihood #Ratios #PhysicalExam
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Examination #chf ... #heartfailure #physicalexam
Terry's Nails

Proximal paleness extending halfway up the nail, often eliminating the lunula. Darker distal band. Seen
disease/cirrhosis, CHF ... #Fingernails #PhysicalExam
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
gravitational difference ... during a period of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
Observe for a difference ... proprioception #physicalexam