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  2. Palpitations - Wikipedia

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    Palpitations with chest pain could mean reduced blood flow to the heart. If the person feels lightheaded or faints, arrhythmias should be considered. [1] Positive orthostatic vital signs may indicate dehydration or an electrolyte abnormality. [1]

  3. Hiccup - Wikipedia

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    Mean: 11.40 s. Median: 10.715 s. Standard deviation: 2.88 s. Data set ranges from 6.28 s to 21.36 s. [original research] A hiccup consists of a single or a series of breathing diaphragm spasms, of variable spacing and duration, and a brief (less than one half second), unexpected, shoulder, abdomen, throat, or full body tremor.

  4. Phrenic nerve - Wikipedia

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    A hiccup is a spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, which pulls air against the closed folds of the larynx. The phrenic nerve must be identified during thoracic surgery and preserved. To confirm the identity of the phrenic nerve, a doctor may gently manipulate it to elicit a dartle (diaphragmatic startle) response. [ 7 ]

  5. Arrhythmia - Wikipedia

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    In particular, the autowave reverberator is common in the thin walls of the atria, sometimes resulting in atrial flutter. Re-entry is also responsible for most paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, and dangerous ventricular tachycardia. These types of re-entry circuits are different from WPW syndromes, which utilize abnormal conduction pathways.

  6. Diaphragmatic rupture - Wikipedia

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    The free edge of a ruptured diaphragm may curl and become perpendicular to the chest wall, a sign known as a dangling diaphragm. A herniated organ may constrict at the location of a rupture, a sign known as the collar sign. If the liver herniates through a rupture on the right side, it may produce two signs known as the hump and band signs.

  7. Myoclonus - Wikipedia

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    Myoclonus is a brief, involuntary, irregular (lacking rhythm) twitching of a muscle, a joint, or a group of muscles, different from clonus, which is rhythmic or regular.. Myoclonus (myo-"muscle", clonus "spasm") describes a medical sign and, generally, is not a diagnosis of a dis

  8. Precordial catch syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Previously, the Latin term "praecordia" had been used to refer to the diaphragm, a sense now obsolete. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The Huchard syndrome was then studied more deeply by Miller and Texidor, medical practitioners at the Cardiovascular Department and the Department of Medicine at the Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago , in 1955. [ 8 ]

  9. Left axis deviation - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical shifts that cause LAD are expiration or raised diaphragm from pregnancy, ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdomen), abdominal tumor, or enlarged liver or spleen. [2] Left axis deviation is a border deviation in athletes , which, if it is combined with another borderline feature such as right bundle branch block, requires further ...