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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Plantar Grasp Reflex ... Rooting Reflex ... Reflex) - Hold ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Plantar Reflex (Babinski) Equivalents
Plantar toe reflex - Babinski - Move an object along the lateral aspect
Plantar Reflex ( ... toe reflex - Babinski ... and release #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... #Alternatives #Tests
A normal plantar reflex response involves toe flexion, or even no movement. A positive test, also
reflex response ... A positive test, ... Babinski #Sign #Reflex ... #Plantar #PhysicalExam ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Woltman’s sign on Physical Exam

53-year-old man presented with fatigue and sensitivity to cold. A physical examination
the ankle jerk reflex ... evaluation confirmed a diagnosis ... a deep-tendon reflex ... Woltmans #Signs #PhysicalExam ... Hypothyroidism #Ankle #Reflexes
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
• Gag reflex ... • Plantar responses ... If ok with ICU team ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect

This maneuver of intermittent light stimulus is called the alternating light test or
alternating light test ... the pupillary reflex ... very sensitive diagnostic ... Pupillary #Defect #Neurology ... Pupils #MacrusGunn #PhysicalExam
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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sensory • Before diagnosis ... abnormalities (gait ... , strength, reflexes ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... inguinal ligament (near
Marcus-Gunn Pupil - Pupillary dilation in response to light on the left eye and a preserved
consensual response 22-year-old ... Pupil #Pupillary #reflex ... video #ocular #neurology ... #ophthalmology ... tuberous #sclerosis #physicalexam
Argyll Robertson (AR) Pupils - “Accommodate but do no React” 

- Pupils constrict on a near
constrict on a near ... (accommodation reflex ... to light (light reflex ... React #Prostitute #ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... spasticity - Extensor plantar ... of injury • Gait ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... #neurology #differential