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'''Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:''' [[User:KeriShafer|Keri Shafer, M.D.]] [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu], Atif Mohammad, M.D. | '''Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief:''' [[User:KeriShafer|Keri Shafer, M.D.]] [mailto:kshafer@bidmc.harvard.edu], Atif Mohammad, M.D.; {{KD}} | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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===Vitals=== | ===Vitals=== | ||
====Pulse==== | |||
* Weakened or absent femoral pulses suggests left ventricular dysfunction associated with severe coarctation of the aorta. | |||
====Blood Pressure==== | |||
* Blood pressure gradient suggests left ventricular dysfunction associated with severe coarctation of the aorta. | |||
====Respiratory Rate==== | ====Respiratory Rate==== | ||
[[Tachypnea]] may be present | * [[Tachypnea]] may be present | ||
===Lungs=== | ===Lungs=== | ||
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* [[Heart murmur]] | * [[Heart murmur]] | ||
==Abdomen== | ===Abdomen=== | ||
* Hepatomegaly | * Hepatomegaly | ||
===Extremities=== | |||
* The child may have [[clubbing|clubbed fingers]]. | * The child may have [[clubbing|clubbed fingers]]. | ||
* [[Cyanosis]] | * [[Cyanosis]] | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Keri Shafer, M.D. [2], Atif Mohammad, M.D.; Kalsang Dolma, M.B.B.S.[3]
Overview
Physical Examination
Vitals
Pulse
- Weakened or absent femoral pulses suggests left ventricular dysfunction associated with severe coarctation of the aorta.
Blood Pressure
- Blood pressure gradient suggests left ventricular dysfunction associated with severe coarctation of the aorta.
Respiratory Rate
- Tachypnea may be present
Lungs
- Lung crackles may be heard.
Heart
- Abnormal heart sounds
- Heart murmur
Abdomen
- Hepatomegaly
Extremities
- The child may have clubbed fingers.
- Cyanosis