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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 ... Cervical Nerve Root ... Compression With the neck ... Cervical #Nerve #Root ... orthopedics #sports #neck
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
 •
Symptoms • Back/Neck ... supplied by the nerve root ... cervical nerve root ... 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 ... evaluates for cervical root ... #Cervical #Neck ... #Root #Impingement
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%
Talus Fracture on POCUS
Athlete with hard landing on one foot, pain and tenderness over dorsum of
Talus Fracture on POCUS ... landing on one foot ... over dorsum of foot ... POCUS showed talus ... neck fracture with
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
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
tract, the aortic root ... of the aortic root ... EM #Radiology #POCUS
Dermatomes of the Upper and Lower Limbs (Modified, after Keegan, J. J., and Garrett, F. D.)

According
single dorsal nerve root ... The best method ... Dermatomal #Nerves #Roots
ICU Hypotension - Evaluation Algorithm

OFTEN Mnemonic:

OWN THE PULSE PRESSURE 

FEEL YOUR PATIENT'S LEGS 

TEST FOR FLUID
Hypotension - Evaluation Algorithm ... PATIENT'S LEGS TEST ... RESPONSIVENESS ECHO/POCUS ... Hypotension #Evaluation #Algorithm