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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 ... #orthopedics #diagnosis
Knee Examination
Right Knee - Examination maneuvers include the Lachman (ACL), anterior drawer (ACL), Lateral pivot shift,
meniscal integrity) tests ... #Diagnosis #Sports ... McMurray #Drawer #Test
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 ... eye movements #Diagnosis
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... Cost - Cost per test ... Cardiac stress test ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Syncope #diagnosis ... #workup #testing
Modified Allen’s Test before doing a radial ABG #Clinical #Diagnosis #Allen #Test #RebelEM
Modified Allen’s Test ... before doing a radial ... ABG #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Allen #Test #RebelEM
Evaluating a Patient with Presumed Cushing Syndrome

#Cushings #Syndrome #Disease #Algorithm #Workup #Dexamethasone #Suppression #Test #diagnosis
Disease #Algorithm #Workup ... #Suppression #Test ... #diagnosis
Hyperthyroidism (low TSH, High T4/T3) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Radioactive iodine scan – get if concern for nodular
High T4/T3) - Diagnostic ... positive, you’ve diagnosed ... Check pregnancy test ... workup choices ... #Algorithm #Workup
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
with the distal radius ... with the distal radius ... , triquetrum), radial ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
Commonly Used Diagnostic ... Tests for Celiac ... reliable noninvasive test ... first-level screening test ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Rotator Cuff Syndrome - SITS
Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, and Subscapularis.
Causes: Calcific supraspinatus tendinitis 
Signs: painful abduction
arm, empty can test ... #orthopedics #diagnosis ... #sports #MSK #anatomy