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Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
- Provocative Testing ... - Hawkin’s Test ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Shoulder #Testing ... #Impingement #ALiEM
Test Characteristics of Physical Exam, Imaging, and LRINEC 
Score for the Identification of Necrotizing Fasciitis (Sensitivity,
Test Characteristics ... (Sensitivity, Specificity ... Fasciitis #LRINEC #Testing ... #Sensitivity #Specifiity ... #Diagnosis
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic ... Test Characteristics ... Sensitivity, Specificity ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... Characteristics #Table
Differential diagnosis of genital ulcers
Table Comparing HSV, Syphilis, Chancroid and LGV

#Diagnosis #Genital #Ulcers #Differential #Comparison #Table
Differential diagnosis ... genital ulcers Table ... Chancroid and LGV #Diagnosis ... LGV #Syphilis #ALiEM ... #ALiEM
C1 and C2 Fractures and Injuries - Which Fractures are Stable and Unstable

#Diagnosis #Orthopedics #C1C2 #Cervical
Fractures are Stable ... and Unstable #Diagnosis ... Unstable #Stability #Table ... #ALiEM
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... sensitivity and specificity ... Celiac #Disease #Testing ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Table
Tuberculous Pleural Effusions - Tests and Biomarkers
Age + fever + red blood cells + ADA -
Pleural Effusions - Tests ... sensitivity, high specificity ... amplification test ... Tuberculosis #Laboratory #Testing ... #diagnosis
C3-C7 Fractures and Injuries - Which Fractures are Stable and Unstable

#Diagnosis #Orthopedics #C3C7 #Cervical #Fractures #Unstable
Fractures are Stable ... and Unstable #Diagnosis ... Unstable #Stability #Table ... #ALiEM
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... → Sensitivity, Specificity ... Sensitivity & Specificity ... sensitivity and specificity ... ultrasound #management #diagnosis
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Pronator Drift Testing ... Sensitivity 92%, Specificity ... test characteristics ... Pronator #Drift #Testing ... #physicalexam #diagnosis