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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Pediatric Primitive ... #Primitive #Reflexes ... Ages #Timeline #Pediatrics ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Pronator Drift Testing ... Stroke Subtle extensor ... 9.2, LR- 0.09 Best ... test characteristics ... Pronator #Drift #Testing
Positive Babinski Reflex with dorsiflexion of the big toe after stroking the sole of the foot.
This
Positive Babinski Reflex ... This extensor response ... #Babinski #Reflex ... Positive #Peds #Pediatrics
Inverted Triceps Reflex 
Triceps reflex testing elicited flexion rather than extension of the forearm. C7 lesion
Inverted Triceps Reflex ... Triceps reflex ... testing elicited ... flexion rather than extension ... Inverted #Triceps #Reflex
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Test downward eye ... Test if patient ... document response (tests ... decortication), abnormal extensor ... asymmetry Extra Tests
Landau's Reaction (Reflex)  on Physical Exam

Landau's reaction is investigated holding the baby firmly under the
Landau's Reaction (Reflex ... return to the extension ... First the neck extension ... Landaus #Reaction #Reflex ... Neurology #Peds #Pediatrics
Newer Syphilis Reverse Algorithm 

The advent of newer, faster 
treponemal antibody tests have 
allowed high-throughput of
treponemal antibody tests ... specific trep. tests ... trep antibody) Reflex ... RPR) Non-trep tests ... Reverse #Algorithm #Testing
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... Kernig Sign: • Leg extension ... back/thighs or extension ... and legs will flex ... Meningitis #diagnosis #testing
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
triceps muscle with extension ... testing occurs ... with the heels resting ... is best elicited ... forcible flexion or extension
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
cardiopulmonary exercise testing ... liver function test ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics