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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 ... The test is positive ... #Spurlings #Test ... Cervical #Nerve #Root
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
 •
supplied by the nerve root ... cervical nerve root ... Straight leg raise + foot ... on lumbar nerve root
Common Lumbar Root Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Radiculopathy #Lumbar #NerveRoot #Sensory #Motor #Deficits #Reflexes #Table
Common Lumbar Root
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%
Common Cervical Root Syndromes

#Diagnosis #Radiculopathy #Cervical #NerveRoot #Sensory #Motor #Deficits #Reflexes #Table
Common Cervical Root
Myotomes of the Spinal Cord
Each segmental nerve root innervates more than one muscle. For simplicity, certain
segmental nerve root ... single spinal nerve root
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
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 ... evaluates for cervical root ... Cervical #Neck #Root
POCUS - Measuring Cardiac Output
1) Calculate LVOT Area
2) Calculate LVOT VTI
3) Calculate Cardiac Output

SV = (LVOT
POCUS - Measuring ... ) CO = (LVOT Area ... ) x (LVOT VTI) X ... x HR (bpm) - POCUS ... Cardiac #Output #CO #POCUS