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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 ... What’s the diagnosis ... failure with + Kussmaul ... SusanJosephMD Kussmaul's ... jvp #cardiology #neck
Table of Breathing Patterns and Their Associated Conditions
Apnea
Biot's respirations
Bradypnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations	
Hyperpnea
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation
Kussmaul respirations
Orthopnea
Paradoxic ventilation
Sighing respirations
Tachypnea
Hoover's sign

#Breathing #Patterns #Diagnosis
Apnea Biot's respirations ... Cheyne-Stokes respirations ... Hypoventilation Kussmaul ... respirations Orthopnea ... Breathing #Patterns #Diagnosis
Comparison of Pathologic Breathing Patterns
Biot's respiration aka ataxic respiration:
 - Periodic breathing: hyperpnea (or normopnea) and
Comparison of Pathologic ... aka ataxic respiration ... Neuron damage Kussmaul ... Respiratory #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #comparison #biots
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 ... Most likely diagnosis ... Kussmaul's (JVP ... #Friedreichs #Neck
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... the underlying diagnosis ... Kussmaul's sign ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Kussmauls ... Video #Clinical #Neck
HFrEF - Low Ejection Fraction on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios
 - Displaced Apical Impulse
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Response - Elevated Neck ... Cheyne-Stokes Respirations ... Likelihood #LRs #diagnosis
Jugular Venous vs Carotid Arterial Pulsations on Physical Exam

Jugular Venous Pulsations
• Well appreciated by inspection than
with posture and respiration ... Venous #Arterial #Neck ... #Pulsations #Comparison
Kussmaul’s sign on Physical Exam

20/F, diagnosed as lupus based on polyserositis and a weak ANA. 

#Kussmauls
Kussmaul’s sign ... Exam 20/F, diagnosed ... #Kussmauls #sign ... JVP #cardiology #neck
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... including: - Kussmaul ... respiration ... Toxicity #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Ketosis Disorders - Comparison Table
 • Starvation Ketosis
 • Alcoholic Ketoacidosis (AKA)
 • Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Ketosis Disorders - Comparison ... HHS Overlap Nick ... #differential #diagnosis ... endocrinology #comparison