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Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
Shine light into ... right (R) eye. ... Swing light back ... to right eye. ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... lung disease • Pulmonary ... Intracardiac Right ... Right to Left Shunt ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential
Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation demonstrated in the Cephalic Vein

Patient with severe pulmonary hypertension and severe tricuspid regurgitation.
Patient with severe pulmonary ... jaw even sitting upright ... measuring pulsation height ... Regurgitation #Severe #TR #Wrist ... #CephalicVein #PhysicalExam
ECG changes in Pulmonary Embolism
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Sinus tachycardia 
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Complete or incomplete RBBB 
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ECG changes in Pulmonary ... strain pattern - Right ... wave in V1 - Right ... enlargement (P pulmonale ... - #Pulmonary
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... Tricuspid stenosis, right ... atrial myxoma, pulmonary ... Waveforms #JVP #Differential ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
granulomatosis (right ... vascular - pulmonary ... infection - pulmonary ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm by A-a Gradient

Normal A-a Gradient:
 • ↓ Atmospheric pressure
 • Hypoventilation: CNS
Hypoxemia Differential ... Gradient: • Right-to-Left ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #pulmonary
Heart Pressures - Reference Cheat Sheet
Formula Review Guide for Heart pressure American Society of Echocardiography
Echocardiography - Right ... RAP) - Mean Pulmonary ... Pressure (mPAP) - Right ... Ventricular Pressure - Pulmonary ... Pressure - Pulmonary
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
production • Night ... sweats, weight ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... redistribution of pulmonary ... a superimposed pulmonay ... Consolidation #Differential