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Transverse lines of the fingernails. (A) Beau’s lines (arrows) of the thumbnail. (B) Mees’ lines (arrowheads)
(A) Beau’s lines ... (B) Meeslines ... sign of acute toxicity ... Meeslines are ... FingerNails #Ridges #Clinical
Beau's Lines

Transverse depressed ridges seen in severe infection, MI, hypotension/shock, hypocalcemia, post-surgical, malnutrition and with certain
Beau's Lines ... #Beaus #Lines #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign
Scarlet fever
• Delayed-type skin reactivity to pyrogenic exotoxin Requires prior exposure
• Diffuse erythematous eruption that generally
tongue - Pastia lines ... = petechial lines ... fossae and axillary folds ... fever #diagnosis #clinical ... #photo #signs #
Muehrcke's Lines (Leukonychia striata)
Narrow while transverse lines (Not depressed, compared to Beau's lines). Usually 2 or
Muehrcke's Lines ... depressed, compared to Beau's ... lines). ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
the Fingers Clinically ... Linear Depressions (Beau's ... As with Mees' lines ... #Signs #PhysicalExam ... #Atlas #Beaus #
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines ... travel hx, home meds ... partially seen shred sign ... Bilateral B-lines ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Mees' Lines
Transverse while lines (usually one per nail, no depressions) that often can will disappear if
Mees' Lines Transverse ... while lines (usually ... #Mees #Lines #Fingernails ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical ... #Photo #Sign #Arsenic
List of Low Potassium Foods
 • Fruits: Apples, Applesauce, Berries, Cherries, Craisins, Cranberries, Figs, Grapes, Juice
Low Potassium Foods ... Orange), Lemons/limes ... Eggplant, Green Beans ... Low #Potassium #Foods ... #PatientInfo #Nutrition
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
- Patients who meet ... unstable vital signs ... infections, whose clinical ... indwelling catheters or lines