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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
- Place your fingers ... into the baby's hands ... all fingers to ... grasp your fingers ... extend, hands open
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
Hyperreflexia (deep-tendon reflex ... late sign) • Hand ... paresthesias, fine ... finger dexterity ... #Myelopathy #diagnosis
Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
 - Pulmonary Fibrosis -> Crackles, Abnormal CXR
 - Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart
esophageal dilation, reflux ... ) - Finger/hand ... there -> Blue fingers ... bushy - Finger ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
“Hand of benediction” due to median nerve palsy – the patient cannot flex their index or
Hand of benediction ... patient cannot flex ... index or middle fingers ... #Clinical #Photo ... #Hands #Benediction
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Mallet Finger Absence ... exclude Mallet finger ... • Finger deformity ... MetroHealth_EM #Mallet #Finger ... #Management #Hand
Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis

50-year-old man, kidney transplant, with post-transplant diabetes. Inpatient for pneumonia. It evolves with delirium,
of pain in his fingers ... aspect of the finger ... finger in slight ... compartments of the hand ... #Finger #Clinical
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... , T1 (median) Reflexes ... Supinator - C5, C6 • Finger ... aracteristic "claw hand ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis
Median Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Median nerve is the nerve of pre-axial hand function; pinch, delicate
nerve of pre-axial hand ... pinch, delicate hand ... fibres to the hand ... little finger through ... where the index finger
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
tendon), mallet finger ... tendon) • ED Management ... reduction • Splint: Finger ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hand
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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onto outstretched hand ... injury) • ED Management ... reduction using finger ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics