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Embolism, pneumothorax

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SUDDEN DYPSNEA

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Uncomfortable awareness of breathing

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DYSPNEA

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Obesity, pregnancy, pleural effusion

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SLOW DYSPNEA

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Upper airway obstruction

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INSPIRATORY DYSPNEA

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Lower airway obstruction

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EXPIRATORY DYSPNEA

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Dyspnea in recumbent position

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ORTHOPNEA

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Dyspnea in lateral decubitus position

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TREPOPNEA

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Dyspnea in upright position

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PLATYPNEA

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Clenching of fist in front of sternum

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LEVINE’S SIGN

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Pain is sharper, left sided, retrosternal, worse: breathing, better: sits up and forward lean

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ACUTE PERICARDITIS

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Sudden, persistent pain, lumbar

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AORTIC DISSECTION

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Aggravated by moving, coughing

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COSTOCHONDRITIS

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Localized swelling of costochondral joint

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TIETZE SYNDROME

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Relief pain of angina

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NITROGLYCERIN

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0.5 methHgb, <85% SO2

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CENTRAL CYANOSIS

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Low CO, cold

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PERIPHERAL CYANOSIS

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Methemoglobinemia, congenital HD

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INFANCY CYANOSIS

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PDA, RS-obstructive anomalies

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AGE 1-3 months

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RV outflow obstruction with VSD

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AGE >6 months

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Eisenmenger syndrome

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AGE 5-20 years old

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Rapid onset without aura, no convulsion

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CARDIAC SYNCOPE

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Unpleasant awareness of rapid beating heart

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PALPITATION

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Ascites then edema

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CIRRHOSIS

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Edema then ascites

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CARDIAC/RENAL DSE

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Froth pink stunum
PULMONARY EDEMA
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Rusty sputum
PNEUMOCOCCAL
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Thick yellowish
BACTERIAL INFECTIOUS CAUSE
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Expectoration of blood
HEMOPTYSIS
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Bobbing of the head
DE MUSSET SIGN
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Expressionless face
MYXEDEMA
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Ptosis, opthalmoplegia, C. heart block
KEARNS-SAYRE SYN
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Aortic Dilatation
BLUE SCLERA
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Sev. Tricuspid regur. HOHF
PULSATILE EXOPHTHLAMOS
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Infective endocarditis, white spots in center
ROTH SPOTS
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Brown lesion, pulmonic stenosis, HCMP
LENTIGENES
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ASD + extra thumb finger
HOLT-ORAM SYNDROME
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Systolic flusiong, sec. Aortic regurgitation
QUINCKE'S SIGN
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Cyanotic feet, pink hands, PDA
DIFFERENTIAL CYANOSIS
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Small, tender, purplish palm
OSLER'S NODES
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Raised hemorrhagic palm
JANEWAY LESIONS
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Under the nailbeds
SPLINTER HEMORRHAGES
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Severe aortic stenosis
PULSUS PARVUS ET TARDUS
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Decrease cardiac output
PULSUS PARVUS
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Hypovolemia, LV failure, MS
HYPOKINETIC PULSE
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VSD, MR, complete heart block
HYPERKINETIC PULSE
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PDA, peripheral atriovenous fistula
CORRIGAN (WH) PULSE
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Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
BISFERIENS PULSE
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Cardiac tamponade, sev. HF, hypovol. shock
DICORTIC PULSE
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Depression of myocardial function
PULSUS ALTERNANS
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Cardiac tamponade, dec BP during inspiration
PULSUS PARADOXUS
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Phasic changes in right atrium; 3 cm / 8 cm
JVP
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Constrictive pericarditis, sev. RSHF, RV infarction
KUSSMAUL'S SIGN
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Atrial systole
*A WAVE*
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Atrial relax
*X WAVE*
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Tricuspid bulge
*C WAVE*
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Blood flows in RA
*V WAVE*
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Tricuspid open
*Y WAVE*
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Slow filling
*H WAVE*
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Large A wave
TRICUSPID STENOSIS
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Absent A wave
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
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Prominent C & V wave
TRICUSPID REGURGITATION
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Sharp Y descent
CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS
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Slow Y descent
TRICUSPID STENOSIS

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