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Jugular Venous Pressure Measurement
Examiner places the patient in a reclined position and puts the base of
Positive: JVP > ... , or sustained JVP ... likelihood of CVP ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #JVP #JVD #JugularVenous
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Venous Pressure (JVP ... Discordant with S1 - Y-Descent ... @saipeeps #JVP ... Pressure #Algorithm #diagnosis
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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and Differential Diagnosis ... CO / High SVR, JVP ... CO / High SVR, JVP ... CO / High SVR, JVP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... myxoma - Rapid y ... defect - Absent y ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
you evaluate her JVP ... the underlying diagnosis ... paradoxical rise in JVP ... The rapid Y descent ... Clinical #Neck #JVP
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
What 2 eponymous JVP ... Most likely diagnosis ... Kussmaul's (JVP ... Friedreich's (sharp/deep Y-descent ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
y descent - ... Thus the y descent ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
descents (X and Y) ... have elevated JVP ... the underlying diagnosis ... #Giant #PHTN #JVP
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... PCWP • Exam: ↓ JVP ... PCWP • Exam: ↑ JVP ... PCWP • Exam: ↑ JVP ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Physical Exam: ↑JVP ... Prominent X and Y ... Cardiomyopathy #Diagnosis