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Pivot-Shift Test in ACL-deficient Knee

This patient has pathologic varus alignment across the knee and a chronic
Pivot-Shift Test ... dr.dold.md #Pivot ... #Shift #PivotShift ... #test #ACL #Knee
Normal (Negative) Pivot-Shift Test for ACL Knee Injury

Andrew Dold, MD @dr.dold.md

#Pivot #Shift #PivotShift #test #ACL #Knee
Normal (Negative) Pivot-Shift ... Test for ACL Knee ... dr.dold.md #Pivot ... #Shift #PivotShift ... #test #ACL #Knee
Knee Examination
Right Knee - Examination maneuvers include the Lachman (ACL), anterior drawer (ACL), Lateral pivot shift,
(ACL), Lateral pivot ... shift, Apley compression ... meniscal integrity) tests ... #Diagnosis #Sports ... McMurray #Drawer #Test
Lateral pivot shift test: Valgus stress on knee plus internal/external rotation of knee during knee flexion
Lateral pivot shift ... test: Valgus stress ... knee flexion #Diagnosis ... LateralPivotShift #Test
Pivot Shift test for Knee Instability

The patient lies supine while the examiner grasps the leg by
Pivot Shift test ... The test is positive ... PT_yuu_mizu628 #Pivot ... #Shift #PivotShift ... #test #ACL #Knee
Reverse Pivot Shift Test on Physical Exam

Dx: Posterolateral corner injury; but beware proximal tib/fib instability 

Kendall
Reverse Pivot Shift ... Test on Physical ... injury #Reverse #Pivot ... #Shift #Test #PhysicalExam
Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Feeling a "pop"
 • Acute
there + Lachman's test ... + Pivot Shift ... test + Anterior ... Drawer test
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
with narrow base, best ... blocks, QRS axis shift ... potassium #high #diagnosis
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity is the diagnostic ... available for rapid diagnosis ... value is low, tests ... indirect antiglobulin tests ... leukocytosis with a left shift
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
prolonged bed rest ... These shifts of ... conclusion, prolonged rest ... of unnecessary diagnostic ... #differential #diagnosis