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Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Gravis Signs, Symptoms ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... Myasthenia #Gravis #LRs ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Testing
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
Medial hand and elbow ... pain • + elbow ... Hypothenar muscle wasting ... CubitalTunnel #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms
Malaria in Returning Travelers

Signs and Symptoms for Malaria with Likelihood Ratios 

Does this patient have malaria?
Travelers Signs and Symptoms ... pubmed/21057136 #Diagnosis ... #Malaria #LRs # ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Symptoms #Signs
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Pronator Drift Testing ... + 9.2, LR- 0.09 ... Pronator #Drift #Testing ... #Stroke #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #neurology
Hypomagnesemia (Serum level < 1.7 mg/dL)
Neuromuscular manifestations 
 • Tremor, tetany, seizures 
 • Weakness
• Widening of QRS ... Renal potassium wasting ... Hypomagnesemia #Signs #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis
Yergason's Test on Physical Exam
Yergason's test for biceps tendon pathology testing stability of the tendon within
tendon pathology testing ... ER, supination, elbow ... flexion elicits symptoms ... Yergasons #Test #PhysicalExam
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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thickening, distal to elbows ... thickening Signs and Symptoms ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #testing #workup
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... disorientation (LR ... + 2.8) Testing ... Pneumonia #CAP #Diagnosis
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Diagnostics and Likelihood Ratios

The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have 
carpal
Tunnel Syndrome - Diagnostics ... pubmed/10865306 #Diagnosis ... CarpalTunnel #Syndrome #LRs ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Testing
Wing-Beating Tremor in Wilson's Disease

It is a low-frequency, high-amplitude tremor, prominent when the patient's arms are
Wing-Beating Tremor ... downward and the elbows ... The name comes from ... #Wing #Beating # ... video #neurology #physicalexam