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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
fracture in a patient ... FRACTURES: • ... Painful balottement test ... ANY WRIST FRACTURES ... #orthopedics #diagnosis
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 ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... Myasthenia #Gravis #LRs ... #LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam #
COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds
Exam Likelihood Ratios ... Barrel Chest - LR ... SatyaPatelMD #COPD #PhysicalExam ... #LikelihoodRatios ... #LRs #diagnosis
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
ulna, pain with wrist ... dislocation, distal radius ... #Wrist #Carpal ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
with the distal radius ... injuries: Carpal fracture ... styloid fracture ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Cholecystitis Diagnostic Test Characteristics  

Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios of Labs, Physical Exam findings, and
Cholecystitis Diagnostic ... Test Characteristics ... and Likelihood Ratios ... #Specificity #LikelihoodRatio ... #Accuracy #PhysicalExam
Malaria in Returning Travelers

Signs and Symptoms for Malaria with Likelihood Ratios 

Does this patient have malaria?
with Likelihood Ratios ... pubmed/21057136 #Diagnosis ... #Malaria #LRs # ... LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam #
Scapholunate Dissociation
The spacing between all carpal bones should be 1-2 mm, look for the "Terry Thomas"
Thomas" sign to diagnosis ... box, pain with wrist ... injuries: distal radius ... #TerryThomas #Wrist ... #Orthopedics #Sports
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... side of the wrist ... Inverted #Supinator #Test ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... orthopedics #msk #sports
Hypovolemia
Physical Examination Findings and Likelihood Ratios for Hypovolemia

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10086438

The rational clinical examination. Is this patient hypovolemic? JAMA.
and Likelihood Ratios ... #Diagnosis #Hypovolemia ... #LRs #LikelihoodRatios ... #PhysicalExam