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Xanthelasma
(yellow lipid lesions on eyelids) |
Hyperlipidemia
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Corneal arcus (whitish opaque ring around juction of cornea and sclera
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Hyperlipidemia in young to middle adults, normal finding in older adults with arcus senilis
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Pale conjunctivae
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Anemia
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Cyanotic conjunctivae
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Hypoxemia
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Petechiae on conjunctivae
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Fat embolus or bacterial endocarditis
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Cyanotic mucous membranes
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Decreased oxygenation (hypoxia)
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Pursed-lip breathing
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Associated with chronic lung disease
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Distention in Neck Veins
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Associated with right-sided heart failure
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Flaring nares
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Air hunger, dyspnea
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What does DYSPNEA mean?
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Chest retractions
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increased work of breathing, dyspnea
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Chest asymmetry
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chest wall injury
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peripheral cyanosis of skin
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vasoconstriction and diminished blood flow
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central cyanosis of skin
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hypoxemia
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decreased skin turgor
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dehydration (normal finding in older adults as a result of decreased skin elasticity)
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dependent edema
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associated with right- and left-sided heart failure
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periorbital edema
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associated with kidney disease
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cyanosis in fingertips or nail beds
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decreased cardiac output or hypoxia
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splinter hemorrhages in fingertips or nail beds
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bacterial endocarditis
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clubbing
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chronic hypoxemia
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