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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
trauma DISTAL RADIUS ... deformity, Tender Radius ... Painful balottement test ... , Painful radial ... #Rules radius #
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Testing - Likelihood Ratios ... - Ice Test - ... Rest Test - Anticholinesterase ... Test - Quiver ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Left Wrist Drop ... - Radial Nerve Palsy ... trauma_modern #Wrist ... #Drop #Radial # ... Nerve #Palsy #PhysicalExam
Spurling's Test for Cervical Nerve Root Compression

With the neck in slight extension, ipsilateral flexion and rotation,
Spurling's Test ... Compression With the neck ... The test is positive ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... orthopedics #sports #neck
Thyroid Goiter on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios by Finding
 • No goiter by palpation or
Exam - Likelihood Ratios ... visible only after neck ... inspection in neck ... Thyroid #Goiter #PhysicalExam
HFrEF - Low Ejection Fraction on Physical Exam - Likelihood Ratios
 - Displaced Apical Impulse
 -
Exam - Likelihood Ratios ... Response - Elevated Neck ... #HFrEF #LowEF #PhysicalExam
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... side of the wrist ... elbow flexion, wrist ... Inverted #Supinator #Test ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... Horner Syndrome Wrist ... damage to the radial ... nerve in the radial ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Intact Radial Artery seen on Allen Test - Physical Exam

Dr. Bruno Farnetano @bruno.farnetano

#Radial #Artery #Allen #Test
Intact Radial Artery ... seen on Allen Test ... bruno.farnetano #Radial ... Artery #Allen #Test ... video #vascular #physicalexam
Modified Allen's Test - Collateral Hand Circulation
- Apply pressure to the radial and ulnar arteries
- Release
Modified Allen's Test ... pressure to the radial ... #Allens #Test #Modified ... #circulation #physicalexam