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Posterolateral Corner (PLC) Injury - Posterolateral Drawer Test
Injury to the posterolateral corner (PLC) is difficult to
Posterolateral Corner ... corner (PLC) is ... difficult to diagnose ... corner (PLC) and ... #Corner #PLC #Injury
Reverse Pivot Shift Test on Physical Exam

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

Kendall
corner injury; ... iamDrHamilton #PLC ... #Posterolateral ... #corner #injury ... #Shift #Test #PhysicalExam
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
Positive Varus Stress ... of the complex posterolateral ... corner (PLC) of ... #LCL #Injury #Positive ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Classification of PCL Iniuries
 • Partial: Translation <
Cruciate Ligament (PCL ... drawer test is positive ... such as the ACL, posterolateral ... corner, and medial ... classification #diagnosis
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
Still useful for diagnosis ... Positive reflux= ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam ... #VolumeStatus #Cardiology
Osborn waves - positive deflections at the J point (negative in aVR and V1) with a
Osborn waves - positive ... hypothermia with a core ... patient with a core ... EmergencyMedicine #Cardiology ... #diagnosis #CriticalCare
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
on her chest (photo ... the underlying diagnosis ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... Pericarditis #Cardiology
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
"waiter's tip" position ... "claw hand" ± Horner ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
- Differential Diagnosis ... where we may see a positive ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Vitums Sign - Hepatic Pressure Maneuver to Identify Tricuspid Regurgitation on Physical Exam

Firm pressure with the
the left sternal border ... Regurgitation #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #cardiology