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Campbell’s sign or Tracheal Descent in Longstanding COPD

Patients with longstanding COPD may show downward displacement of
sign or Tracheal Descent ... in Longstanding ... Patients with longstanding ... sign #Tracheal #Descent
Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
altitude • Stop ascent ... hyperbaric chamber • Descent ... Signs #Diagnosis #Management
#Clinical #Radiology #CXR #CTChest #Longstanding #Sarcoidosis #Fibrosis #Conglomerate #Nodules #RadiologyAssistant
#CXR #CTChest #Longstanding
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• x descent - ... • x descent - ... overcomes the descent ... • y descent - ... Thus the y descent
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
tachycardia - Absent x descent ... - Prominent x descent ... percarditis - Slow y descent ... myxoma - Rapid y descent ... defect - Absent y descent
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
waves and two descents ... blunting of ‘x’ descent ... with TR - ‘x’ descent ... - ‘y’ descent
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Concordant with S1 - X-Descent ... Discordant with S1 - Y-Descent
Differential Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusion

Trauma
Pericarditis
Recent MI
Autoimmune 
Neoplastic 
Endocrine/Metabolic 
Venous Congestion 
Medications 

- Dr. Tom Fadial https://twitter.com/thame

#Pericardial
Pericarditis Recent ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Clostridium Difficile Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

IDAGRAM based on most recent guidelines from @IDSAInfo.

 Infographic by IDagram
@ID_agram

#Clostridium
Diagnosis and Management ... based on most recent ... Treatment #Diagnosis #Management
Diabetic Myonecrosis (Diabetic Muscle Infarction)
 • Spontaneous ischemic necrosis of skeletal muscle (anterior thigh or calf)
complication of longstanding ... Infarction #diagnosis #management