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Shoulder Examination

Step 1 Inspection
Step 2 Palpation (ABCs)
Step 3 Range of Motion and Strength (SITS)
Step 4 Provocative
Inspection Step 2 ... #Examination #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #checklist
Grades of Pitting Edema

 0+ No pitting edema 
 1+ Mild pitting edema. 2 mm depression
pitting edema. 2 ... disappears rapidly. 2+ ... last more than 2 ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Physical Exam findings in Lower Extremity DVT - Likelihood Ratios
 - Asymmetric calf swelling, ≥2 cm
calf swelling, ≥2 ... Likelihood #Ratios #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... • Sens: 44% if 2+ ... #Meningitis #diagnosis ... #testing #physicalexam ... #Specificity #diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
What 2 eponymous ... Most likely diagnosis ... constrictive pericarditis 2/ ... 2 remote XRT. ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP #PhysicalExam
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A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
children under 2 ... Reflex #Plantar #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Traditionally, we have been taught to examine for Kernig’s and Brudzinski’s signs when examining patients with
left to right 2- ... #Diagnosis #Kernigs ... Brudzinskis #Signs #PhysicalExam
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Palmar erythema 2) ... Edema #biliary #physicalexam ... disease #signs #diagnosis
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
with eyes open 2) ... Test #neurology #diagnosis ... proprioception #physicalexam
Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
pupil response). 2. ... distant object. 2. ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam