Physical Examination
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Acronyms
Pathgnomonic
Interpret the Labs
100

This late diastolic sound best heard at the apex in left lateral decubitus suggests decreased ventricular compliance.


S4

100


Ramsay Hunt 

100

SIRS

systemic inflammatory response syndrome

100

Cherry Red Macula 


CRAO

100

AST 300

ALT 120 

GGT 101

Hgb 9.3

MCV 110

Chronic Alcohol Use Liver disease

200

This ophthalmologic sign of copper deposition is seen in Wilson disease.


Kayser–Fleischer rings

200

Rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorder of the brain caused by prions.  Known sometimes as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. 

Creutzfeldt Jakobs

200

APACHE

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation)

200

Auer Rods


AML

200

low hemoglobin, low serum iron, low TIBC, high ferritin.


AoCD

300

This pulse finding notable for two systolic peaks is associated with combined aortic stenosis and regurgitation.


Pulsus Bisferiens

300

Found in CKD

Lindsay Nails

300

Heart Score

History, EKG, Age, RF, Trops

300

Grotton Pappules

Dermatomyositis

300

hyponatremia with low serum osmolality and high urine sodium/osmolality

SIADH

400

The finding of head bobbing in synchrony with heartbeat is associated with severe aortic regurgitation

de Musset sign

400

Trypnsoma Cruzi and this:


Chagas

400

GOLD Criteria

Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease

400

Negri Bodies

Rabies

400

hyperkalemia, hyponatremia, low cortisol, High ACTH

Primary AI

500

A sudden, transient, electric shock-like sensation that radiates from the neck down the spine and into the limbs, often triggered by bending the neck forward associated w/ MS

Lhermitte's 

500

This progressive and ultimately fatal inherited neurodegenerative disorder that is caused a CAG (trinucleaotide repeat)

Huntingtons

500

HELLP syndrome

Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets

500


Brugada

500

low calcium, high phosphate, elevated PTH, very low Vit D

2ry Hyperparathyoid

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