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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Abruptly lower the ... extend, hands open ... , and legs flex ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
- Differential Diagnosis ... DVT • CHF • Cellulitis ... syndrome type 1 (reflex ... Note: • Left leg ... after the right leg
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... • Infection: Cellulitis ... • Inflammation/cellulitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #lower #extremity
Necrotizing Fasciitis: African-American patient with diabetes that predisposed him to rapidly 
progressive infection. Lower extremity is
Lower extremity ... Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... #Dermatology #Leg ... Necrotizing #Fasciitis #UCSDH
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Lower Extremity ... Reflexes: • ... bilateral leg paresis ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory
Arterial Insufficiency: Chronic arterial insufficiency has resulted in pale, hairless, and somewhat 
shiny appearing lower extremity.
pale, hairless, and ... shiny appearing lower ... extremity. ... Images #Clinical #Photo ... Dermatology #SkinRash #Leg
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
clumsiness in hands ... lower motor neuron ... rectal reflex. ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... #orthopedics #neurology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
Differential Diagnosis ... extremity muscle ... extremity reflexes ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... wrists clenched; legs ... wrists clenched; legs ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #comatose #diagnosis
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
for Functional Lower ... Extremity Paralysis ... the patient to flex ... normal people and ... #physicalexam #neurology