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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 ... #Sign #physicalexam ... cardiology #neck #jugular
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Kussmaul's Sign ... and Friedreich's ... the underlying cause ... + XRT tattoo = constrictive ... #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 ... Causes = RV failure ... descent is known as Friedreich ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Neck #JVP #Jugular
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
Kussmaul's Sign ... lack of fall) of jugular ... associated with constrictive ... #PhysicalExam # ... Clinical #JVP #Neck #Veins
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites ... Prehepatic: • Portal vein ... Heart failure • Constrictive ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #causes
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
of portal HTN: ascites ... portal HTN: • Ascites ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac causes ... heart failure and constrictive ... #hepatology
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Causes of Ascites ... failure - Constrictive ... Portal vein occlusion ... #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #hepatology
JVP Respiratory Variation on Neck Physical Examination
If the prominence of pulsations swells and falls with the
with inspiration (Kussmaul ... people as in this case ... Respiratory #Variation #PhysicalExam ... #Neck #Normal #Jugular ... #Vein #Venous