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Jugular Venous Pressure Measurement
Examiner places the patient in a reclined position and puts the base of
Positive: JVP > ... , or sustained JVP ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #JVD #JugularVenous
Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios
+LR > 3.5:
 • Overall judgement of ED physician
Exacerbation - Diagnostic ... heart failure • JVD ... #physicalexam #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... status (edema, JVD ... drug history #Diagnosis
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
heart sounds, JVD ... #Becks #Triad #Diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

Kussmaul sign is a paradoxical rise in jugular venous pressure (JVP) on
venous pressure (JVP ... appropriate fall of the JVP ... Kussmauls #Sign #JVD ... PhysicalExam #Cardiology #JVP
Elevated JVP on PhysicalExam with Respiratory Variation

- Akbar @ordinaryEKG

#Elevated #JVP #PhysicalExam #JVD #jugular #venous #Distension #neck
Elevated JVP on ... ordinaryEKG #Elevated #JVP ... #PhysicalExam #JVD
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
heart function (JVD ... regurgitation) Diagnosis ... defects • Confirm diagnosis ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis
Jugular Venous Distension on Physical Exam - Sitting Down (90°) vs Supine (45°) 

Dr. Eduardo R
Venous #Distension #JVP ... video #comparison #JVD
Q-Tip Visualization of Jugular Venous Pulsations on Physical Exam

Akbar @ordinaryEKG

#QTip #Jugular #Venous #Pulsations #JVP #JVD #PhysicalExam
Venous #Pulsations #JVP ... #JVD #PhysicalExam
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... auscultation, JVD ... sensitive making the diagnosis ... establishing a diagnosis ... #diagnosis #differential