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OLD CARTS - Mnemonic for Symptom Assessment
O - Onset – acute vs gradual
L - Location
D -
- Mnemonic for Symptom ... - Aggravating factors ... R - Relieving factors ... OLDCARTS #Mnemonic #Symptoms
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Findings Risk factor ... E4 allele Risk factors ... chromosome 21) Signs / Symptoms ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
medical problem or symptoms ... explained medically Symptoms ... secondary gain Symptoms ... is a physical symptom ... psychological factors
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... sensory nerve, thus symptoms ... mass Sensory Symptoms ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK
Spurling's Test for Cervical Nerve Root Compression

With the neck in slight extension, ipsilateral flexion and rotation,
reproduction of symptoms ... Radiculopathy #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #msk
Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
Pathogenesis and risk factors ... • Lifestyle Factors ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms
Reduction of Posterior Elbow Dislocation

#Elbow #Dislocation #Reduction #Posterior #clinical #video #msk #sports #orthopedics #physicalexam
Posterior #clinical #video ... #msk #sports #orthopedics
Myelopathy - Injury to the entire spinal cord - Signs and Symptoms
 • Ataxia (early sign)
cord - Signs and Symptoms ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #msk
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
of patella then ask ... Grind #clinical #video ... Patellofemoral #msk
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Arteritis Risk Factors ... Constitutional symptoms