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Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Kussmaul's Sign ... What 2 eponymous JVP ... Kussmaul's (JVP ... #Sign #Friedreichs ... #Neck #JVP #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... JVP (video). ... Kussmaul's sign ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Neck #JVP
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 ... and other rarer causes ... #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp ... #cardiology #neck
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
as a physical sign ... #Reflux #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #JVP ... #VolumeStatus #Cardiology ... #HJR #AJR
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign ... Typically the JVP ... or increase in JVP ... #Sign #physicalexam ... #differential #causes
Kussmaul's #sign is the paradoxical increase or failure to fall of mean #JVP with inspiration. Commonest
Kussmaul's #sign ... fall of mean #JVP ... Commonest 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 ... sign, causing the ... have elevated JVP ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP ... #Neck #PhysicalExam
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
renal function/urine ... Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... 5L dry) - (Decr JVP ... , Incr resting HR ... dehydration) • Kussmaul