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Cyriax Release Test for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Positioned behind the patient, the examiner tilt's the patient's drunk
for Thoracic Outlet ... drunk slightly posteriorly ... the patient's shoulder ... #Syndrome #clinical ... physicalexam #vascular #msk
Orthopedic Dislocations (Shoulder, Elbow and Hip) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Shoulder Dislocation
 • Fall on the
- Diagnosis and ... Management Summary ... elbow fully as a test ... knee are flexed ... #Elbow #Hip #Diagnosis
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
and Management ... blood cultures should ... the preferred test ... all patients for HIV ... Distal joints, knees
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic ... tests before beginning ... - Low cardiac output ... - Compartment syndrome ... Ethylene glycol - HIV
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... The evaluation should ... • Outer Ear: ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... Noise trauma ○ MS
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... count in the CSF should ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause ... #diagnosis #management
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
syphilis, and HIV ... : - Knife or bullet ... the lesion Posterior ... involved & the posterior ... #differential #diagnosis
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... - "Two hit" Hypothesis ... restored to esophagus Clinical ... retrosternal chest pain Diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Summary Causes ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... ULN • AST/ALT Elevation ... with goal urine output ... #Management #causes
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... renal failure Clinical ... nodules; anterior/posterior ... MSK, heart (2-5% ... #Management #Signs