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Spurling's Test for Cervical Nerve Root Compression

With the neck in slight extension, ipsilateral flexion and rotation,
Spurling's Test ... for Cervical Nerve ... Root Compression ... #Cervical #Nerve ... #Root #Compression
Common Cervical Root Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Radiculopathy #Cervical #NerveRoot #Sensory #Motor #Deficits #Reflexes #Table
Common Cervical ... Root Syndromes ... Radiculopathy #Cervical
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
 •
supplied by the nerve root ... further impinges on cervical ... nerve root, worsens ... Straight leg raise + foot ... on lumbar nerve root
Spurling's Test - Cervical Root Impingement

Spurling's Test evaluates for cervical root impingement.
With the head extended and
Spurling's Test ... - Cervical Root ... Spurling's Test ... root impingement ... #Root #Impingement
Pap Smear Algorithm 
#Diagnosis #Pap #Smear #Test #Cervical #HPV #Screening #PrimaryCare #Management #Vaccination #Gynecology
Pap Smear Algorithm ... Diagnosis #Pap #Smear #Test ... #Cervical #HPV
The inverted or paradoxical triceps reflex consists of flexion of the elbow in response to percussion
seventh and eighth cervical ... spasticity, as in cervical ... Root neurological
Dermatomes of the Upper and Lower Limbs (Modified, after Keegan, J. J., and Garrett, F. D.)

According
limbs from the 5th cervical ... single dorsal nerve root ... The best method ... Dermatomal #Nerves #Roots
In a patient in the supine position, raising the leg with the knee extended stretches the
stretches the nerve root ... A positive test ... dorsiflexion of the foot ... (Fajersztajn’s test ... This test is 90%
Proximal Aortic Dissection on POCUS Echocardiogram (PLAX)
42 yo F with chest pain, tachycardia and HTN. 
What
Dissection on POCUS ... pathology on #POCUS ... LA, LV, aortic root ... Aortic #Dissection #POCUS
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Dissection on POCUS ... Note large aortic root ... Clinical #Ultrasound #POCUS