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Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
dexamethasone suppression test ... endocrinology #Adrenal #Hyperfunction
Ice-pack Test for Myasthenia Gravis - Likelihood Ratio (LR) +24 / -0.16
Ice pack's can be used
Ice-pack Test for ... 0.16 Ice pack's can ... effectively increasing ACh ... BostonChiefs #Icepack #Test ... Myasthenia #Gravis #physicalexam
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
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speaking - Sleep Test ... - Ice Test - ... Rest Test - Anticholinesterase ... Test - Quiver ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia - 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency - Signs and Symptoms
 • Brain: Androgenization effects, Glucocorticoid effects,
Reproductive: Gonadal hypofunction ... subfertility, Adrenal rest ... ), Hernias (CAH-X ... ), Myopathy (CAH-X ... NEJMra1909786 #CAH
Knee Examination
Right Knee - Examination maneuvers include the Lachman (ACL), anterior drawer (ACL), Lateral pivot shift,
meniscal integrity) tests ... #Sports #Knee #PhysicalExam ... McMurray #Drawer #Test
COVID-19 PCR and Serology Testing - Timeline
 • Nucleic Acid Test - Most reliable and can
• Nucleic Acid Test ... Most reliable and can ... days • Antibody Test ... - Can be used after ... 10 days Both tests
Positive Seidel test on fluorescein stain exam

Globe rupture can be identified by a positive Seidel test
Positive Seidel test ... Globe rupture can ... positive Seidel test ... CT can also help ... Ophthalmology #PhysicalExam
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
injury: - Jobe’s Test ... - Hawkin’s Test ... - Drop Arm Test ... - O’Brien Test ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
of dopaminergic hypofunction ... NMS can occur after
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bother doing any tests ... There are NO tests ... HIV-1 RNA PCR can ... If the RNA PCR test ... This can be detected