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Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Gerstmann Syndrome 1) Finger ... name their own fingers ... differentiate right and ... able to copy Causes ... : Stroke (main cause
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes #Nausea #Vomiting #Differential #NonGI
Causes of Nausea ... and Vomiting - ... Differential Algorithm ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes ... Differential #NonGI #Algorithm
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... Supinator - C5, C6 • Finger ... Erb's Palsy is caused ... palsy" is a common cause ... Dislocation - May cause
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Mallet Finger Absence ... exclude Mallet finger ... caused by disruption ... Exam: Swollen and ... Diagnosis #Management #Hand
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
a rechallenge and ... other causes of ... out other common causes ... , and atleast4 ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
Bilateral finger ... Scalpel - clamp - finger ... esophagus • Run hand ... Compress with fingers ... Massage • 2 flat hands
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
spinal cord - Signs and ... are more rigid and ... late sign) • Hand ... paresthesias, fine ... finger dexterity
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
this specific case ... patient's middle finger ... patient to relax the hand ... flexed middle finger ... index finger.
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Wide (1) VT - DANGER ... B Afib + WPW - DANGER ... Vfib/flutter - DANGER ... 120-200ms from longer ... pause 2º - Mobitz
Ulnar Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Ulnar nerve is the nerve of hand power and control. It
the ring finger ... lumbricles of these fingers ... nerves of the inner ... innervate the inner ... from TOS to the hand