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Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
blue marks on her ... JVP (video). ... the underlying diagnosis ... Causes = RV failure ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

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

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What’s the diagnosis ... DDx includes constriction ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... clinical #video #jvp
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
Still useful for diagnosis ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #JVP ... VolumeStatus #Cardiology #HJR ... #AJR
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Most likely diagnosis ... small blue-colored spot ... the underlying cause ... + XRT tattoo = constrictive ... #PhysicalExam #
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Constrictive Pericarditis ... showed BP 100/82, HR ... 74, JVP 15 cm ASA ... We did a transthoracic ... expiration not meeting diagnostic
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... regurgitation, constrictive ... Jugular #Waveforms #JVP ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... Typically the JVP ... associated with constrictive ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #differential #causes
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Constrictive Pericarditis ... could pinpoint the cause ... New onset HFpEF case ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... Dx-constrictive
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • MAHA (TTP, DIC ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
“cannon waves” caused ... - ‘c’ wave (TV cusps ... systole): ↑ in constrictive ... ) Steep ↑ with constrictive ... Interpretation #Diagnosis