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Transverse Nail Ridges: Horizontal lines which are a marker of a past episode of severe illness
Photo
Photo credit, Josh Fierer ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... FingerNails #Ridges #UCSDH ... #PhysicalExam
Physical exam teaching on clubbing and Schamroth’s sign: Clubbing is the proliferation of connective tissue between
obliteration in clubbed fingers ... when opposite fingers ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis #Schamroths
HINTS Exam - Distinguishing Central from Peripheral Vertigo
 • Head Impulse: Head thrust 10° with eyes
like following a finger ... TylerLarsenMD #HINTS #physicalexam ... Peripheral #Vertigo #diagnosis
Conductive vs Sensorineural Hearing Loss on Physical Exam
Weber Test:
 • Normal: Sound is equal bilaterally
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conduction lasts longer ... conduction lasts longer ... conduction lasts longer ... #HearingLoss #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #Weber
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
- Place your fingers ... will flex all fingers ... to grasp your fingers ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... Supinator - C5, C6 • Finger ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Marked Edema: Low albumin, immobility, and venous insufficiency have lead to accumulation of 
fluid in lower
residual imprint of fingers ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Clinical #Photo #PhysicalExam ... Pitting #Edema #UCSDH
Conjunctival Pallor on Physical Exam
After gently pulling down the patient's lower lid (top), the clinician observes
observes the lid's inner ... right), the entire inner ... Conjunctival #Pallor #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #anemia
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
pulp space of the finger ... Clubbing of the Fingers ... appear in only one finger ... Abnormal #Pathology #Diagnosis ... Clinical #Signs #PhysicalExam
Evaluation and Management of Hyperkalemia

As with hypokalemia, the immediate danger of hyperkalemia is its effect on
the immediate danger ... efforts should focus ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia