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Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
impingement: - Neer ... Test Labral tear ... Yergason Test #Diagnosis ... Testing #Maneuvers #RotatorCuff ... #Impingement #ALiEM
Labral tear - Crank Test 1. Position patient's arm in 90 degree abduction and elbow flexion
Labral tear - Crank ... rotating arm #Diagnosis ... #Ortho #Sports ... #Labral #Tear #RotatorCuff ... #Test #Crank #ALiEM
Subacromial Impingement - Neer Test 1. With the arm fully pronated, the examiner raises the arm
Impingement - Neer ... scapulothoracic motion #Diagnosis ... #Ortho #Sports ... #Impingement #RotatorCuff ... #Neer #Test #ALiEM
Labral tear - O'Brien Test - 1. Position patient's shoulder in 90 degree flexion, elbow extended,
Labral tear - O'Brien ... supinated (thumb up) #Diagnosis ... #Ortho #Sports ... #Labral #Tear #RotatorCuff ... #Test #OBrien #ALiEM
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope ... right and left atria ... Absolute warfarin indications ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... with Cardio-OB team ... during Delivery • Stable ... e.g., ACE/ARB) need ... Serial TTE and close
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Etiology: • Medications ... - ↓ Effective arterial ... Elimination (see Table ... STOP offending medications ... if concurrent need
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... PALPITATIONS: Medications ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... Stable patients ... echo in the last year ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... stratification #diagnosis