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Chvostek Sign on Physical Exam

Young man presented with history of fatigue, muscle cramps and features suggestive
Chvostek Sign on ... Serum total and ... Serum magnesium ... #Chvostek #Sign
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
vomiting • Fatigue Signs ... sodium • ↑ Serum ... Cortisol Deficiency: Signs ... Reduced libido • Signs ... endocrinology #diagnosis #signs
Chvostek Sign on Physical Exam

Young man presented with history of fatigue, muscle cramps and features suggestive
Chvostek Sign on ... Serum total and ... Serum magnesium
Hypomagnesemia (Serum level < 1.7 mg/dL)
Neuromuscular manifestations 
 • Tremor, tetany, seizures 
 • Weakness
Hypomagnesemia (Serum ... Hypomagnesemia #Signs
Chvostek sign in Hypocalcemia
The Chvostek sign is a contraction of ipsilateral facial muscles subsequent to percussion
Chvostek sign in ... Hypocalcemia The Chvostek sign ... can present this sign ... with normal serum ... miguel_lando #Chvostek #sign
The Chvostek sign (/ˈkvɒstɪk/) is a clinical sign of existing nerve hyperexcitability (tetany) seen in hypocalcemia.It
The Chvostek sign ... is a clinical sign ... hypocalcemia, this sign ... causes decreased serum ... #Chvostek #Signs
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
yrs old; F>M Signs ... Fever - High serum ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Cardiac-specific signs ... • Noncardiac signs ... cardiac-specific signs ... For noncardiac signs ... Ig) screen with serum
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
typically increase in serum ... Diagnosis: • look for signs
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
setting (asthma and serum ... FingerInGlove #Sign