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Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Exacerbation - Diagnostic ... /ml Adapted from ... Examination #chf #cardiology ... #heartfailure #physicalexam ... #diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
you evaluate her JVP ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
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Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
are enough to diagnose ... the case as Typical ... That’s called Frog ... Awaves #AVNRT #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #Cardiology
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Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
What 2 eponymous JVP ... Most likely diagnosis ... the underlying cause ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
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Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... sucks in" blood from ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #differential #causes
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... have elevated JVP ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Neck #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
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Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... atrial activation from ... Cannon #AWaves #diagnosis ... #cardiology #CVP
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
RBC casts in urine ... podocyte damage from ... Nephrotic #Syndromes #Classification ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis
Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
hospitalization arising from ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... HeartFailure #Staging #Classification ... #Stages #Classes