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Knee Examination
Right Knee - Examination maneuvers include the Lachman (ACL), anterior drawer (ACL), Lateral pivot shift,
Knee Examination ... Right Knee - Examination ... #Diagnosis #Sports ... #Knee #PhysicalExam
Knee Dislocation Classification: Anterior vs Posterior  #Diagnosis #EM #Ortho #Sports #Knee #Dislocation #Diagram #Classification #Anterior
Knee Dislocation ... vs Posterior #Diagnosis ... #EM #Ortho #Sports ... #Knee #Dislocation
McMurray Test 

#Diagnosis #Sports #McMurray #Test #Knee #Exam #PCL #Knee #ALiEM
McMurray Test #Diagnosis ... #Sports #McMurray ... #Test #Knee #Exam ... #PCL #Knee #ALiEM
Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Feeling a "pop"
 • Acute
• Pain deep in knee ... Instability: feels like knee ... Drawer test #AnteriorCruciateLigament ... #Injury #MSK #Sports
Lateral pivot shift test: Valgus stress on knee plus internal/external rotation of knee during knee flexion
Valgus stress on knee ... external rotation of knee ... during knee flexion ... #Diagnosis #Sports ... LateralPivotShift #Test #ACL #Knee
Osteoarthritis (OA): X-ray features 
 - Joint space narrowing (least specific)
 - Subchondral Cysts (pockets of
bone deposits/spurs ... Xray #radiology #diagnosis ... findings #Clinical #knee
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
inflammation is found, an echocardiogram ... before performing echocardiogram ... effusion, or z scores ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Patellar Tilt Test: used to evaluate the lateral retinaculum and the iliotibial band. 

#PatellarTiltTest #Diagnosis #Sports
PatellarTiltTest #Diagnosis ... #Sports #Knee #
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
Views: parasternal short ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... Chin #cardiology #diagnosis
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
commonly affects the knee ... > Stiffness is short-lived ... JointDisease #JointPain #Diagnosis