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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 ... sign! ... and other rarer causes ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign ... Typically the JVP ... Kussmaul's sign ... Kussmaul's sign ... causes
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 ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Kussmaul's Sign ... and Friedreich's Sign ... the underlying cause ... Kussmaul's (JVP ... Clinical #Video #Cardiology
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Kussmaul's #sign ... fall of mean #JVP ... SVC obstruction cause ... #Kussmauls #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #cardiology
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 ... sign, causing the ... have elevated JVP ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease - Differential ... function (eGFR < 60 ml ... hydronephrosis on U/S) • Reflux ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
to diagnose the case ... excludes other differentials ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Cardiology #Neck ... #Frog #Sign
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypochloremia - Differential ... intoxication Cause ... - Gitelman SIGNS ... Hypochloremia #Differential ... Pathophysiology #Nephrology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... • Gag reflex ... • Examine for signs ... Casey Albin MD @ ... #PhysicalExam #neurology