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Uppercut Test for Biceps Tendinitis

With the hand in a fist and the forearm supinated, and the
Biceps Tendinitis ... patient makes an ... #Biceps #bicipital ... #tendinitis #clinical ... #orthopedics #sports
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
: • Clinical Suspicion ... approach for post-test ... : Confirmatory test ... non-heparin A/C if clinical ... ) • H/o HIT: Can
M (Mallampati Score): essentially giving you an external assessment tool about the patient’s ability to open
essentially giving you an ... It should be assessed ... Class II (the two best ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #PCC #anesth
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
should be obtained ... CRP level: (1) Can ... (to support a diagnosis ... ANA and RF (if clinical ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
: • Based on clinical ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... glucocorticoids - can ... - Improves clinical ... #management #neurology
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
fantastically useful test ... as the critical ... diagnostic step ... unstable patients should ... #Management #Trauma
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... that can confirm ... #management #signs
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... respiratory failure - Can ... #management #neurology
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Total scores >2 ... will vary with clinical ... extubation, as it should ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Clinical ... • Weakness: Starts ... Can begin in arms ... #management #treatment ... #neurology