49 results
Radiculopathy: Signs and Symptoms
 • Back/Neck Pain
 • Decr Range of motion
 • Abnormal posturing
 •
supplied by the nerve root ... Spurling's sign: Tilting ... cervical nerve root ... Straight leg raise + foot ... on lumbar nerve root
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
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... impractical to test ... pick specific tests ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Algorithm ... #Testing
Diabetic Foot Guidelines: Test patients w diabetes for peripheral neuropathy using the Semmes-Weinstein test
JAMA. 2017;318(14):1387-1388. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.11700

#Diagnosis
Diabetic Foot Guidelines ... : Test patients ... Semmes-Weinstein test ... #Monofilament #Testing
Syphilis Diagnostic Algorithm
 • Syphilis (TP) EIA
 • RPR
 • A different treponemal specific test (TPPA)

ID
Syphilis Diagnostic Algorithm ... treponemal specific test ... Syphilis #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Testing #laboratory
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%
Aortic root aneurysm seen during open heart surgery

Dr. Kazi Ferdous @fazalabul

#AorticRoot #Aneurysm #Aorta #Clinical #Video #OpenHeart
Aortic root aneurysm ... ThoracicSurgery #Beating
Newer Syphilis Reverse Algorithm 

The advent of newer, faster 
treponemal antibody tests have 
allowed high-throughput of
Syphilis Reverse Algorithm ... specific trep. tests ... first step in the algorithm ... Syphilis #Reverse #Algorithm ... #Testing #Diagnosis
Adrenal Insufficiency Algorithm - Cosyntropin Stimulation Test
T-1m: Baseline cortisol drawn
T0: 250 µg cosyntropin given IV
T30m: Repeat
Insufficiency Algorithm ... Cosyntropin Stimulation Test ... Insufficiency #Testing ... #Algorithm #Cosyntropin
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Cushing Syndrome Testing ... Algorithm INDICATIONS ... FOR TESTING: • ... dexamethasone suppression test ... Syndrome #diagnosis #algorithm