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Syncope - Findings, Signs and Symptoms by Classification
 - Reflex Syncope 
 - Cardiogenic Syncope
Syncope - Findings ... , Signs and Symptoms ... #Syncope #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Table #CriticalCare
Shock - Findings, Signs and Symptoms by Classification
 - Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Distributive (Vasodilation)
Shock - Findings ... , Signs and Symptoms ... DrEricStrong #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Table #CriticalCare
Abdominal Pain - Physical Examination Signs and Maneuvers
 - Murphy's sign
 - Kehr's sign
 - McBurney's
- Kehr's sign ... - Pulsatile Masses ... sign #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... PhysicalExam #AbdominalPain
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
most common causes ... more than one cause ... Most relevant findings ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... inspiration, this finding ... #physicalexam # ... #differential # ... causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Lung Ultrasound Findings ... pleura in severe cases ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... POCUS #ultrasound #findings
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
Lung Findings on ... inspiration • Caused ... louder #Lung #Findings ... #Pulmonary #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #signs
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... pressure, other findings ... based on cause ... #comparison #criticalcare
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Kussmaul's Sign ... eponymous JVP findings ... Most likely diagnosis ... the underlying cause ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP #PhysicalExam
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
patient when the finding ... are enough to diagnose ... the case as Typical ... excludes other differentials ... Awaves #AVNRT #PhysicalExam