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Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
Instructions on ... Both pupils should ... Both pupils should ... Instructions on ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
females Differential Diagnosis ... trauma/orbital tumor ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Foreign body Allergic ... Tracheal mass/tumor ... #differential #diagnosis ... pulmonary #airway #physicalexam
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Motor Function Shoulder ... Anterior Shoulder ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #arm #physicalexam
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
- Differential Diagnosis ... Clinicians should ... Renin-secreting tumor ... #differential #diagnosis ... algorithm #causes #nephrology
Hypokalemia Evaluation Algorithm

Before evaluating hypokalemia, life threatening complications such as arrhythmias and paralysis should be looked
and paralysis should ... If present, it should ... Renin secreting tumor ... #Hypokalemia #diagnosis ... differential #potassium #nephrology
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
rolls onto his/her shoulder ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... #instructions # ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
holding jaw over shoulder ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
- Differential Diagnosis ... of breath • Neurologic ... • Chest and shoulder ... EMERGENCIES: Tumor ... #differential #diagnosis
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
50 years in men Diagnosis ... for thymoma, a tumor ... within 3 years of diagnosis ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology