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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes ... Palmar Grasp Reflex ... Rooting Reflex ... Reflex) - Hold ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex) in a patient with Multiple Sclerosis

The Hoffmann's reflex test itself
(finger flexor reflex ... The Hoffmann's reflex ... test itself involves ... positive Hoffmann’s reflex ... diseases, the reflexes
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Pupillary light reflex ... • Corneal reflex ... Oculocephalic reflex ... • Gag reflex ... • Cough reflex
Positive Hoffmann’s Test (Finger Flexor Reflex) on Physical Examination

Indicates cervical spinal cord compression in this patient
Positive Hoffmann’s Test ... (Finger Flexor Reflex ... #Hoffmanns #Reflex ... #test #sign #Positive
Newer Syphilis Reverse Algorithm 

The advent of newer, faster 
treponemal antibody tests have 
allowed high-throughput of
Syphilis Reverse Algorithm ... first step in the algorithm ... trep antibody) Reflex ... Syphilis #Reverse #Algorithm ... #Testing #Diagnosis
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
The following #reflexes ... each deep tendon reflex ... The reflex response ... testing occurs ... is best elicited
Plantar Reflex (Babinski) Equivalents
Plantar toe reflex - Babinski - Move an object along the lateral aspect
Plantar Reflex ( ... Achilles-toe reflex ... Shin-toe reflex ... Calf-toe reflex ... #Alternatives #Tests
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
Algorithm for the ... impractical to test ... diarrhea before testing ... pick specific tests ... Chronic #Diarrhea #Algorithm
Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic Testing ... Cost - Cost per test ... Cardiac stress test ... Syncope #diagnosis #workup ... #testing #Cost
Inverted Triceps Reflex 
Triceps reflex testing elicited flexion rather than extension of the forearm. C7 lesion
Inverted Triceps Reflex ... Triceps reflex ... testing elicited ... Inverted #Triceps #Reflex