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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
after any trauma ... DISTAL RADIUS 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 ... Food in mouth after ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... Myasthenia #Gravis #LRs ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam
Radius Fracture on POCUS
Great example of the use of POCUS to diagnose a fracture of a
Radius Fracture ... use of POCUS to diagnose ... Could also do X-ray ... after reduction ... #clinical #bone
Allen's Test on Physical Exam

Allen's Test is used to test the integrity of blood flow and
hand through the radial ... arteries in the wrist ... , but when the radial ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video
Allen’s Test for Collateral Circulation

For the Allen test, you apply pressure to the radial and ulnar
pressure to the radial ... arteries in your wrist ... #Circulation #Radial ... Ulnar #Perfusion #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #
Positive Posterior Drawer Test in Total Knee Arthroplasty 

73 yo M with hx of L TKA
hx of L TKA 12 yrs ... + post drawer Xrays ... Intra-op: Fractured ... #TKA #MSK #physicalexam ... #Positive #clinical