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Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm 4 tests ... for the AC joint ... after cross-arm test ... #Algorithm #MSK
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS): Signs and Symptoms

Repetitive Overhead Activity, Scapular Dyskinesis -> Scapulohumeral mechanics become altered
Syndrome + Painful arc ... test - Pain at ... pain + Hawkin's test ... Syndrome #SIS #diagnosis ... #msk #pathophysiology
Painful Arc Test for Subacromial Impingement

The patient elevates the arm in the scapular plane, then slowly
Painful Arc Test ... 120 degrees of shoulder ... #Test #Sign #Subacromial ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #msk
Empty Can (Jobe) Test

Position: Flex shoulder to 90 degrees in the scapular plane. Internally rotate the
Empty Can (Jobe) Test ... Positive sign is ... Empty #Can #Jobe #Test ... #Shoulder #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #msk
Positive Drop Arm Test on Shoulder Exam - Supraspinatus Injury

Starting from 90 degrees of passive shoulder
on Shoulder Exam ... release support and ask ... #Sign #Shoulder ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video #msk
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
1) or anatomic shunt ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... Should be performed ... 10 minutes of rest ... HPS Diagnostic
Sulcus Sign Test - Inferior Glenohumeral Instability

To test inferior glenohumeral stability place traction on the humerus
Sulcus Sign Test ... Instability To test ... #Instability #Shoulder ... #PhysicalExam # ... video #sports #msk
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... diastolic septal shudder ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Yergason's Test on Shoulder Examination
Patient Position: Sitting
Examiner Position: Standing adjacent to the test arm. One hand
Yergason's Test ... adjacent to the test ... Positive Sign: ... #Shoulder #PhysicalExam ... clinical #video #msk
Sulcus Sign - Inferior Glenohumeral Instability

To test inferior glenohumeral stability place traction on the humerus with
Sulcus Sign - Inferior ... Instability To test ... #Instability #Shoulder ... #PhysicalExam # ... video #sports #msk