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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
Hoffmann's Sign

Hoffman's sign means upper motor neuron injury.  The Hoffmann's reflex test itself involves loosely
The Hoffmann's reflex ... holding the middle finger ... allowing the middle finger ... thumb on the same hand ... #Positive #Abnormal
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
patient's middle finger ... the hand. 3) Now ... flexed middle finger ... index finger. ... #Positive #Abnormal
Grasp Primitive Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam 

Placement of the examiner’s finger in the palm of
the examiner’s finger ... the palm of the hand ... grasping of the fingers ... dorsum of the hand ... the back of the hand
Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
 - Pulmonary Fibrosis -> Crackles, Abnormal CXR
 - Pulmonary Hypertension, Right Heart
esophageal dilation, reflux ... ) - Finger/hand ... friction rub - Red fingers ... there -> Blue fingers ... bushy - Finger
Boxer's Fracture, Right Hand: Note swelling over dorsal aspect of right hand, most pronounced
below the small
Fracture, Right Hand ... aspect of right hand ... below the small finger ... bone below small finger ... Images #Clinical #Photo
“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
Moro Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam

The Moro reflex is obtained by holding the baby’s head and
Moro Reflex on Newborn ... midline with the hand ... and the index finger ... #Pediatrics #Clinical ... Video #Neurology #Normal
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 ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hand #Orthopedics
Reflexes - Deep Tendon Reflexes on Newborn Physical Exam 
Testing deep tendon reflexes is an important
hammer, not a finger ... the leg with the hand ... the back of my fingers ... A normal newborn ... #video #peds #pediatrics