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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Asymmetric Tonic Neck ... holding jaw over shoulder ... Timeline #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
an involuntary reflex ... Video by Dr. ... #Meningitis #Clinical ... #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Lower Extremity Tone on Physical Exam
Assessing motor function of the lower extremities begins with passive range
Next, flex and extend ... and any tone abnormalities ... #Newborn #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #peds #pediatrics
Galant Primitive Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam 

The Galant reflex (trunk incurvation) is obtained by placing
The baby’s trunk and ... hips should swing ... #Newborn #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #peds #pediatrics
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
is also a late sign ... When the diagnosis ... Muscle tone is assessed ... Newborn #Infant #PhysicalExam ... #Examination #Peds
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Functional Lower ... Ask the patient ... leg at the hip. ... #hemiparesis #clinical ... #video #physicalexam
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
neurological lesion: Clinical ... signs below the ... decreased muscle tone ... myelopathy - Vit B12 ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... • Bilateral signs ... Check Vitamin B12 ... , MOG-IgG test should