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Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... mental status • Sens ... #Meningitis #diagnosis ... #testing #physicalexam ... #Specificity #diagnosis
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
Guide for testing ... Nerve Paper - Radial ... drsarahedwards #Diagnosis ... Peripheral #Nerves #PhysicalExam ... Median #Ulnar #Testing
Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Shoulder Exam - ... Provocative Testing ... Yergason Test #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam # ... Shoulder #Testing
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic ... and Likelihood Ratios ... Cholecystitis #Diagnosis ... Cholecystitis #Testing ... LikelihoodRatio #Accuracy #PhysicalExam
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
, Symptoms and Testing ... - Likelihood Ratios ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Testing
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Motor Function Shoulder ... nerve in the radial ... Anterior Shoulder ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... sensory #motor #arm #physicalexam
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
head, back, and legs ... holding jaw over shoulder ... The arms/legs on ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Myotonic Dystrophy
Typically presents in middle age with weakness of hands, legs and neck.
 - Mental deficiency
weakness of hands, legs ... Appearance: Muscle wasting ... - Muscle Wasting ... Sternocleidomastoid, Shoulder ... Dystrophy #Myotonia #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis ... occurring in the setting ... Testing: • Pulse ... HPS with 100% sens ... Should be performed
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
kg and swollen legs ... expiration not meeting ... diagnostic criteria ... diastolic septal shudder