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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Pediatric Primitive ... Abruptly lower the ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
- Differential Diagnosis ... type 1 (reflex ... Note: • Left leg ... #Extremity #PhysicalExam ... #Pathophysiology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Mixed upper and lower ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #neurology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... • Examine for signs ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
It is a clear sign ... the pupillary reflex ... very sensitive diagnostic ... Pupillary #Defect #Neurology ... #Clinical #Video
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Lower Extremity ... and Myotomes Reflexes ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #leg #physicalexam
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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must be absent: lower ... gait, strength, reflexes ... Negative Straight Leg ... Raise Test - ... #signs #symptoms
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Functional Lower ... the patient to flex ... hemiparesis #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... neurology #psychiatry
Newborn Infant - Routine Examination

Birthweight, gestational age and birthweight percentile are noted.
General observation Of the baby's
is also a late sign ... in the arms and legs ... Newborn #Infant #PhysicalExam ... Examination #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... flexors of the legs ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... • Bilateral signs ... negative, MOG-IgG test