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Thyroid Goiter on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios by Finding
 • No goiter by palpation or
• No goiter by palpation ... 0.4 • Goiter by palpation ... visible only after neck ... inspection in neck ... Thyroid #Goiter #PhysicalExam
Jugular Venous vs Carotid Arterial Pulsations on Physical Exam

Jugular Venous Pulsations
• Well appreciated by inspection than
inspection than palpation ... appreciated by palpation ... Venous #Arterial #Neck ... Pulsations #Comparison #PhysicalExam
Jugular Venous Pulse - POLICE Mnemonic - How to tell JVP from carotid pulse
P - Palpation:
carotid pulse P - Palpation ... POLICE #Mnemonic #PhysicalExam ... #Neck
Palpable Skin Crepitus on Physical Exam

Notice these air bubbles under the skin. An 86-year-old woman with
visualized in the neck ... spreading to the head, neck ... is crepitus on palpation ... Subcutaneous #Emphysema #PhysicalExam
Abnormal pulsation in the neck in the setting of Aortic Coarctation

10 yo male,  his father
Abnormal pulsation ... in the neck in ... in the neck asymptomatic ... mariovar55 #Neck ... #Pulsation #PhysicalExam
Lancisi's sign on Physical Exam
Lancisi's sign = loss of the x descent (in tricuspid regurg) creating
appears as a large pulsation ... Lancisis #sign #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Neck
Shoulder Examination

Step 1 Inspection
Step 2 Palpation (ABCs)
Step 3 Range of Motion and Strength (SITS)
Step 4 Provocative
Inspection Step 2 Palpation ... #Examination #PhysicalExam
Quincke's sign with flashlight - rhythmic pulsation of the ointment bed, especially when slightly compressing the
flashlight - rhythmic pulsation ... AorticRegurgitation #flashlight #PhysicalExam ... #Pulsation #Fingernail
Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A 60-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea and weight gain. A
Examination of the neck ... monomorphic venous pulsation ... Regurgitation #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #Neck
Figure 2. The “laryngeal handshake,” from left to right: 1) hyoid, 2) thyroid, 3) cricoid, and
cricoid, and 4) palpation ... Cricothyrotomy #Palpation