Created at 12:10 p.m. Nov, 05, 2025
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This card describes becks triad for cardiac tamponade, which should be the answer...
The presentation of jugular venous distention (JVD), hypotension, non-palpable point of maximal impulse (PMI), and clear lung fields following a recent upper respiratory infection is most consistent with cardiac tamponade, often due to a rapidly accumulating pericardial effusion (such as from viral pericarditis).
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What is the likely diagnosis in a patient with a recent URI who presents with JVD, hypotension, non-palpable PMI, and clear lungs (CXR below)?

{{c1::Pericardial effusion}}

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