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Passive Straight Leg Raise Test for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

A passive straight leg raise should
Raise Test for Low Back ... Pain and Sciatica ... 70 degrees of hip ... #Spine #PhysicalExam ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Stork Test 

The stork test evaluates for a stress fracture of the pars interarticularis in the
places hands on hips ... Pain in the lumbar ... #spine #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
• Severe low back ... - Emergency Causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... cord infarct • HIV ... #causes #neurology
Orthopedic Splints, Casts, Plasters, Traction and Frames
Upper Limb and Spine 
 • DUNLOP TRACTION: Used in
Orthopedic Splints ... , Casts, Plasters ... fracture of ankle joint ... ill-development of lumbar ... scoliosis #Splints #Casts
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... extrapulmonary cases ... Insidious, progressive back ... at thoracic/lumbar ... bacilli to bone/joints
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
table, or with pain ... in the back or ... irritation or lumbar ... #hip #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
table, or with pain ... in the back or ... irritation or lumbar ... #hip #physicalexam ... #msk #orthopedics
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... pressure to the point ... circumferential dressings/casts ... Syndrome • Syndrome caused ... tibia/fibula) and hip
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... respiratory and bulbar ... Hands or feet • Pain ... Back or extremities ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... chills, weakness, lack ... factor • May cause ... reported in 100% of cases ... #differential #diagnosis