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Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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Kussmaul's Sign ... failure with + Kussmaul ... and other rarer causes ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... you evaluate her JVP ... Kussmaul's sign ... Causes = RV failure ... Video #Clinical #Neck
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Kussmaul's Sign ... Friedreich's Sign on Neck ... the underlying cause ... Kussmaul's (JVP ... #Friedreichs #Neck
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... Typically the JVP ... or increase in JVP ... diagnosis #cardiology #differential ... #causes
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
Giant A waves caused ... because she also has Kussmaul's ... have elevated JVP ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP ... #Neck #PhysicalExam
Ketosis Disorders - Comparison Table
 • Starvation Ketosis
 • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis (AKA)
 • Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
HHS Overlap Nick ... Disorders #ketones #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #endocrinology
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
out of cells may cause ... 5L dry) - (Decr JVP ... Abdominal pain, nausea ... dehydration) • Kussmaul ... pathophysiology #endocrinology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
transmitted to JV ... to diagnose the case ... excludes other differentials ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
Glucosuria causes ... Nick Mark MD @nickmmark ... Disorders #ketones #differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #endocrinology
JVP Respiratory Variation on Neck Physical Examination
If the prominence of pulsations swells and falls with the
JVP Respiratory ... Variation on Neck ... with inspiration (Kussmaul ... people as in this case ... @sargsyanz #JVP