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Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
pubmed/15840866 - Food ... - Ice Test - ... Rest Test - Anticholinesterase ... Test - Quiver ... eye movements #Diagnosis
Diabetic Foot Guidelines: Test patients w diabetes for peripheral neuropathy using the Semmes-Weinstein test
JAMA. 2017;318(14):1387-1388. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.11700

#Diagnosis
Diabetic Foot Guidelines ... : Test patients ... Semmes-Weinstein test ... .2017.11700 #Diagnosis
In a patient in the supine position, raising the leg with the knee extended stretches the
stretches the nerve root ... A positive test ... A diagnosis of disk ... dorsiflexion of the foot ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Moccasin-variety Tinea Pedis 
70 M chronic scaly feet. Over the years: rash has itched only occasionally;
Diagnosis? ... scaly eruption on foot ... that surrounds foot ... Either foot may ... type #clinical #photo
Plantar Reflex (Babinski) Equivalents
Plantar toe reflex - Babinski - Move an object along the lateral aspect
lateral side of the foot ... surface of the foot ... and release #Diagnosis ... #Alternatives #Tests
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... cultures, but test ... • Food allergy/ ... Balloon Expulsion Test
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis ... The physician's foot ... The foot acts as ... elbow fully as a test ... Shoulder #Elbow #Hip #Diagnosis
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
: • Consider food ... meds, Consider diagnostic ... hydrogen breath test ... : • Consider diagnostic ... Diarrhea #Workup #diagnosis
Osler's Nodes in a patient with infective endocarditis

67yo presents with R occipital intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) attributed
confirming our working diagnosis ... endocarditis #clinical #photo ... #foot
Principal patterns of loss of sensation.
 (a) Thalamic lesion: sensory loss throughout opposite side (rare).
Individual sensory root ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... GrepMed Recommended Text