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Checklist for SBT with Suspected Cardiovascular Causes of Failure in Mechanical Ventilation Weaning

#Mechanical #Ventilation #Weaning #SBT
Checklist for SBT ... Cardiovascular Causes ... of Failure in Mechanical ... #Management #Cardiovascular ... #Failure #Diagnosis
HINTS Exam - Unidirectional Nystagmus - Left-beating

In a patient with vertigo symptoms, this finding is reassuring
for a PERIPHERAL cause ... Video by Dr. ... Nystagmus #HINTS #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video ... #Negative #Neurology
Flapping tremors of Asterixis

DDx
- Decompensated cirrhosis or acute liver failure.
- Renal failure /azotemia.
- Respiratory failure with
or acute liver failure ... - Renal failure ... hyperammonemia #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #diagnosis ... #video
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
urinalysis, labs - Management ... Diuretics if heart failure ... renal biopsy - Management ... treating underlying cause ... ultrasonography - Manaqement
Asterixis is a type of negative myoclonus characterized by irregular lapses of posture of various body
Asterixis is a type of negative ... characterized by irregular lapses ... hyperammonemia #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #diagnosis ... #video
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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What’s the diagnosis ... biventeicular failure ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #clinical #video
Normal (Negative) Babinski / Plantar Reflex

The plantar reflex is a reflex elicited when the sole of
Normal (Negative ... plantar reflex causes ... Reflex #Plantar #Negative ... Normal #Clinical #Video ... #Signs #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
evaluate her JVP (video ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Video #Clinical
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Deficiency in Heart Failure ... Chronic heart failure ... → Inflammation causes ... endpoint of all-cause ... #management #cardiology
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
with a peripheral cause ... of AVS and negative ... with a central cause ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam