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Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
PIP joints are ... are stabilized by ... Hyperextension injury ... tendon), mallet finger ... reduction • Splint: Finger
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
Stress Test in LCL Injury ... Interesting knee injury ... injury, we are ... able to perform ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Acute Otitis Externa (Swimmer’s Ear): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Pathogens = Pseudomonas aeruginosa (most common opportunistic), Staphylococcus,
Staphylococcus, other gram negatives ... Immunocompromized (HIV ... cotton swaps, finger ... hair pins) -> Injury ... > Moist, dark, warm
Trousseau's Sign in Hypocalcemia

Trousseau sign of latent tetany is a medical sign observed in patients with
placed around the arm ... joints flex, the DIP ... and PIP joints ... extend, and the fingers ... #Hypocalcemia #PhysicalExam
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
of the lung to injury ... listed in the table ... left in order of relative ... these patterns are ... , OP and LIP have
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, C8 (radial) Finger ... Supinator - C5, C6 • Finger ... spared in this injury ... sensory #motor #arm ... #physicalexam
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
Shoulder, Elbow and Hip ... to the affected arm ... Put patient on arm ... of dash board injury ... other end of the table
Hoffmann's sign was originally described as follows: the test is performed by supporting the patient's hand
relaxed and the fingers ... are partially loose ... The middle finger ... indicative of injury ... Hoffmanns #Sign #PhysicalExam
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Electrical injury ... exhaustion, Heat injury ... Infection - Viral (HIV ... fluid/Lactated ringers ... per day until stable
OK Sign - Interosseous Nerve Injury

Patients with compromise of anterior interosseous nerve will not be able
Interosseous Nerve Injury ... nerve will not be able ... abnormal OK signs are ... #Finger #Hand # ... PhysicalExam #clinical