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Freiberg's Test for Piriformis Syndrome

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, internally rotate the hip.
Pain in the
Syndrome Flex ... the hip to 90 degrees ... Test #sciatica #lumbar ... physicalexam #msk #sports ... #orthopedics
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis Syndrome

With the patient's hips and needs flexed to 90 degrees, the patient
Pace Maneuver for Piriformis ... Syndrome With ... #lumbar #sciatica ... #msk #orthopedics ... #sports
Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
Rotation) Flex the hip ... internally rotate the hip ... Test #sciatica #lumbar ... physicalexam #msk #sports ... #orthopedics
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
nerve roots of lumbar ... Differential Diagnosis ... cord infarct • HIV ... Imaging studies: • MRI ... #differential #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
respiratory and bulbar ... • Weakness: Starts ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... axonal form • MRI ... #diagnosis #management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... : • Lumber Puncture ... - Spinal MRI may ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... pneumonia (PJP), MAI ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
- Differential Diagnosis ... of patients MRI ... Secondary: iatrogenic (lumbar ... brain sagging syndrome ... of patients MRI
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
bowel resection (short ... bowel syndrome) ... (tuberculosis, MAI ... Cytomegalovirus, HIV ... #Differential #diagnosis