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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive ... you evaluate her JVP ... Causes = RV failure ... Clinical #Neck #JVP ... #Jugular #Constrictive
Kussmaul's Sign in Constrictive Pericarditis on Physical Exam

- Susan Joseph MD @SusanJosephMD

#Kussmauls #Sign #Pericarditis #physicalexam #clinical
Kussmaul's Sign in Constrictive ... clinical #video #jvp ... cardiology #neck #jugular
Jugular Venous Pressure Waveform Patterns
A. Tricuspid Regurgitation
B. Tricuspid Stenosis
C. Constrictive Pericarditis
D. Atrial Septal Defect
E. Atrial Fibrillation
F.
Jugular Venous Pressure ... Constrictive Pericarditis ... Complete AV Block #Jugular ... Waveform #Patterns #JVP
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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No constriction! ... DDx includes constriction ... and other rarer causes ... clinical #video #jvp ... cardiology #neck #jugular
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Abnormal Jugular ... Venous Pressure (JVP ... ) Algorithm Outward ... @saipeeps #JVP ... #Jugular #Venous
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular ... regurgitation, constrictive ... Rapid y descent - Constrictive ... tamponade #Abnormal #Jugular ... #Waveforms #JVP
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
Jugular Waveform ... • c wave - caused ... y descent - is caused ... #Waves #Jugular ... #Waveforms #JVP
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... anions • Renal tubular ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Classification
Lancisi's sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation - Physical Exam
Note the large systolic jugular venous wave caused
large systolic jugular ... venous wave caused ... Cardiology #Neck #Jugular ... #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 ... the underlying cause ... Kussmaul's (JVP ... + XRT tattoo = constrictive ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP