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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Pediatric Primitive ... and Ages Palmar ... Abruptly lower the ... #Maneuvers #Ages ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Asymmetrical Tonic Neck Reflex (ATNR)

This primitive reflex found in newborn babies that normally vanishes around 4
around 4 months of age ... one side, the leg ... and the arm and leg ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... Neurology #Peds #Pediatrics
Tone - Leg Recoil on Physical Exam
To test leg recoil, the legs are fully flexed on
Physical Exam To test ... either hypotonia or abnormal ... #Leg #Recoil #Lower ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #peds #pediatrics
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Test if patient ... movement followed by slower ... flexed at the elbow ... wrists clenched; legs ... wrists clenched; legs
Reflexes - Deep Tendon Reflexes on Newborn Physical Exam 
Testing deep tendon reflexes is an important
control of the leg ... flexed at the elbow ... consistent with a lower ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #peds #pediatrics
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
for Functional Lower ... the patient to flex ... their weak leg ... In normal people ... hemiparesis #clinical #video
Ober's Test for TFL/ITB Inflammation

With the patient in the lateral position, affected side up.  The
hip, then slowly lowers ... the leg towards ... In a normal test ... PT_yuu_mizu628 #Obers ... knee #clinical #video
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
Birthweight, gestational age ... checked for red reflex ... This reflex is not ... in the arms and legs ... Examination #Peds #Pediatrics
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
and incomplete lower ... • Failure of lower ... esophageal sphincter to relax ... loss (>6.8 kg) • Age ... toxin, use of oral