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Typical Clinical Features of Major Causes of Acute Chest Discomfort

#ChestPain #Features #Signs #Symptoms #Comparison #Table #Characteristics
Typical Clinical ... Features of Major ... Causes of Acute Chest ... #ChestPain #Features ... #Signs #Symptoms
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Brudzinski’s Sign ... flexion causes spinal ... While the pathophysiology ... involuntary reflex to create ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Characteristic clinical manifestations of Down syndrome 
 
Typical craniofacial appearance 
 • Round face and flat
Down syndrome Typical ... Single palmar creases ... Risk of atlanto-axial ... Downs #Syndrome #PhysicalExam ... #Features #Signs
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
skin (esp. over areas ... Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... RheumatoidArthritis #RA #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Diagnosis and Clinical Features ... especially in areas ... is suspected: chest ... Hypercortisolism #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... of UMN and LMN signs ... and with limb features ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... EMG: LMN Signs in
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
infiltrates on chest ... remodeling of the spiral ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... failure Clinical Features ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
disorder of the spinal ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... Alterations: - Sensory features ... • Bilateral signs ... and/or symptoms
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
-> Pathologic fractures ... canal & compress spinal ... PagetsDisease #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #complications