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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
perioral skin at the corners ... The arms abduct ... The arms/legs on ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Jaw Clonus on Physical Exam

A 24-year-old man presented with progressive dysphagia, dysarthria, and weakness in his
weakness in his arms ... and legs. ... consistent with a diagnosis ... #Jaw #Clonus #PhysicalExam ... Clinical #Video #ALS #Neurology
Choreiform Gait Demonstration

Associated with various pathologies of the nervous system, the most common being Sydenham's Chorea
The steps are irregular ... imminent fall and forcing ... drag, and the legs ... #Chorea #Gait #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam #
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
• Cauda Equina Syndrome ... and bilateral leg ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #leg #physicalexam
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Weakness: Starts in legs ... Can begin in arms ... Absent Reflexes: Arms ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... #treatment #neurology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
"claw hand" ± Horner ... Syndrome Wrist ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #arm #physicalexam
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... - Vitamin B12, Copper ... multiradicular pain - Leg ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
Horner's Syndrome ... consistent with a diagnosis ... anterior_seg_rocks #Horners ... ophthalmology #physicalexam ... #neurology #Anisocoria
Alien Limb Syndrome on Physical Exam

Elderly lady with Parkinsonism (PSP) c/o left leg rising up spontaneously
Alien Limb Syndrome ... to them and is foreign ... #Alien #Limb #Syndrome ... #PhysicalExam # ... #neurology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
the differential diagnosis ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... listed in order ... proteinuria #nephrotic #syndrome ... #nephrology