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Abdominal Pain - Physical Examination Signs and Maneuvers
 - Murphy's sign
 - Kehr's sign
 - McBurney's
- Kehr's sign ... - McBurney's sign ... - Psoas sign ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #PhysicalExam #
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
Guide for testing ... Ulnar Nerve OK Sign ... drsarahedwards #Diagnosis ... Peripheral #Nerves #PhysicalExam ... Median #Ulnar #Testing
Chvostek Sign on Physical Exam

Young man presented with history of fatigue, muscle cramps and features suggestive
Chvostek Sign on ... postoperative appendicular lump ... #Chvostek #Sign ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... Non-specific Kernig Sign ... 95% Brudzinski Sign ... #Meningitis #diagnosis ... #testing #physicalexam
Iridodonesis

Physical examination revealed iridodonesis, or “dancing” of the iris, which was elicited by rapid movement of
movement, is a sign ... characteristic sign ... Iridodonesis #Iris #SlitLamp ... #PhysicalExam # ... Ophthalmology #Signs
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Pronator Drift Testing ... extensor weakness - Sign ... Pronator #Drift #Testing ... #Stroke #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #neurology
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Myasthenia Gravis Signs ... , Symptoms and Testing ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... LikelihoodRatios #PhysicalExam ... #Testing
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
test • + Tinel sign ... Hypothenar muscle wasting ... • + Froment's sign ... + Wartenbergs sign ... CubitalTunnel #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
as a physical sign ... Still useful for diagnosis ... Resource limited setting ... Hepatojugular #Reflux #PhysicalExam
Traditionally, we have been taught to examine for Kernig’s and Brudzinski’s signs when examining patients with
and Brudzinski’s signs ... these classic signs ... they do recommend testing ... #Diagnosis #Kernigs ... #PhysicalExam #