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Tuberculin Skin Test Interpretation - Threshold for treatment
Induration cutoff >5mm:
 • Recent exposure to an individual
treatment Induration cutoff ... patients Induration cutoff ... users Induration cutoff
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI)

Criteria:
• New ST-segment elevation at the J point in 2 contiguous leads
leads with the cutoff ... leads V2-V3 the cutoff
Age adjusted D Dimer

Patients Age x 10 (85 year-old patients would have an age-adjusted 
cutoff of
age-adjusted cutoff
Trousseau's Sign of Hypocalcemia on Physical Exam

Trousseau's sign in hypocalcemia is elicited in when the hand
blood pressure cuff ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Test Rotator cuff ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
How to measure Pulsus Paradoxus
 - Step 1: Take a normal manual blood pressure to determine
Inflate the BP cuff ... Step 3: Lower the cuff ... deflate out of the cuff ... Continue lowering the cuff ... instructions #cardiology #physicalexam
Prediabetes and Diabetes Diagnosis Criteria

There are a few methods to test if a patient has diabetes.
Aside from the cutoffs ... important to know the cutoffs
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Women have lower cutoffs
Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
Rotator Cuff Syndrome ... +ve #Rotator #Cuff
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
calcium-creatinine ratio cutoff