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Jugular Venous Pressure Measurement
Examiner places the patient in a reclined position and puts the base of
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Positive: JVP > ... , or sustained JVP ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #JVD #JugularVenous
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
 •
Classification and Differential ... Diagnosis SHOCK ... CO / High SVR, JVP ... CO / High SVR, JVP ... CO / High SVR, JVP
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Abnormal Jugular Venous ... Pressure (JVP) ... @saipeeps #JVP ... #Jugular #Venous ... Pressure #Algorithm #diagnosis
Jugular Venous Pressure Waveform Patterns
A. Tricuspid Regurgitation
B. Tricuspid Stenosis
C. Constrictive Pericarditis
D. Atrial Septal Defect
E. Atrial Fibrillation
F.
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Block #Jugular #Venous ... Waveform #Patterns #JVP ... #Cardiology #diagnosis ... #differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... PCWP • Exam: ↓ JVP ... PCWP • Exam: ↑ JVP ... PCWP • Exam: ↑ JVP ... PCWP • Exam: ↓ JVP
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Jugular venous distension ... heart sounds, JVD ... #Becks #Triad #Diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular Venous ... Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... Diagnosis - Absent ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #Differential #
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 ... Pseudohyponatremia #Differential
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
have elevated JVP ... you see in the venous ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Distributive Shock - Low JVP ... #Hypotension #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm