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Abdominal Pain - Physical Examination Signs and Maneuvers
 - Murphy's sign
 - Kehr's sign
 - McBurney's
- Kehr's sign ... - McBurney's sign ... - Psoas sign ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #PhysicalExam #
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
• Transverse myelitis ... pain • Extra-CNS ... positive NMO only): Myositis ... Manifestations #diagnosis ... neurology #symptoms #signs
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
- Differential Diagnosis ... pulmonary etc) • CNS ... -> PNS -> NMJ - ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
Autoimmune Myositis ... heliotrope rash, Shaw sign ... , holster sign, ... /full triad at diagnosis ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Beevor's Sign on Physical Exam

Beevor's sign is abnormal upward (cephalad) movement of the umbilicus with truncal
Beevor's Sign on ... Exam Beevor's sign ... inclusion body myositis ... #Beevors #Sign # ... PhysicalExam #clinical
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome - Herpes Zoster Oticus 
Triad:
1. Ipsilateral facial paralysis 
2. Ear pain 
3. Vesicles
neuropathy • Myelitis ... HerpesZoster #Oticus #Diagnosis ... #Symptoms #Signs
Clinical Manifestations of Serotonin Syndrome
 • Ophthalmologic: Mydriasis, Ocular clonus (slow horizontal movements)
 • Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea,
Diaphresis, flushing • CNS ... Cardiovascular and vital sign ... Symptoms #spectrum #signs ... #diagnosis
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature ... Beta-blockers, CNS ... 30048576/ #Faget #Sign ... #differential #diagnosis
Physical Exam findings in Lower Extremity DVT - Likelihood Ratios
 - Asymmetric calf swelling, ≥2 cm
- Tenderness - NS ... - Homans sign ... - NS Satya Patel ... Likelihood #Ratios #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
that results in CNS ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... • Bilateral signs ... Diagnosis: • ... #diagnosis #management