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"Appropriate patient positioning for lumbar puncture and location of the L4/L5 intercostal space"-McMaster Textbook of Internal
lateral decubitus position ... Lower limbs should ... patient in a sitting position ... guidance in a prone position ... LumbarPuncture #Management
Decompensated Heart Failure Management Strategies

Wet (volume overloaded) vs Dry (euvolemic) and Cold (low cardiac output) vs
Heart Failure Management ... Cold (low cardiac output ... normal cardiac output ... #HeartFailure #management ... #CHF #cardiology
Orthostatic Hypotension Management Algorithm
 • Hypovolemic?  Yes → Resuscitate
 • Volume Overloaded? No → Fludrocortisone
Orthostatic Hypotension Management ... increases cardiac output ... Head-up-tilt (HUT) position ... muscles (party position ... increases cardiac output
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
into a supine position ... remains in this position ... rolls onto his/her shoulder ... clinical #video #physicalexam ... #management
Cyriax Release Test for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Positioned behind the patient, the examiner tilt's the patient's drunk
Test for Thoracic Outlet ... Syndrome Positioned ... the patient's shoulder ... , holding this position ... clinical #video #physicalexam
Hippocratic Shoulder Reduction 
Shoulder reduction is the process of returning the shoulder to its normal position
Hippocratic Shoulder ... Reduction Shoulder ... to its normal position ... following a shoulder ... Reduction #MSK #PhysicalExam
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
Anterior Shoulder ... Dislocation - ED Management ... glenoid) • ED Management ... Dislocation #Anterior #Radiology ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Costoclavicular Maneuver for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

To perform the Costoclavicular Maneuver, draw the patient's shoulders inferiorly and
Maneuver for Thoracic Outlet ... the patient's shoulders ... consider thoracic outlet ... #Syndrome #Shoulder ... #PhysicalExam #
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Ischemia and Gastric Outlet ... Necrosis should ... NGT placement should ... or have gastric outlet ... Necrosis #diagnosis #management
The asphyxia escape reflex is assessed by placing the child in the prone position on the
child in the prone position ... seconds, the newborn should ... escape #Reflex #PhysicalExam