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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
Pediatric Primitive ... extend, hands open ... Asymmetric Tonic Neck ... #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Cutaneous and Systemic Findings in Dermatomyositis
Cutaneous Findings:
 - Heliotrope sign and edema
 - Nail-fold changes
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- Heliotrope sign ... V-neck sign or ... - Interstitial lung ... gastroesophageal reflux ... Dermatomyositis #Diagnosis
Brudzinski’s Sign in Meningitis (first described in 19th century by Dr. Josef Brudzinski)

Brudzinski's sign is characterized
Brudzinski’s Sign ... Brudzinski's sign ... an involuntary reflex ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Pediatrics #Peds
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... Non-specific Kernig Sign ... 95% Brudzinski Sign ... neck and legs will ... #testing #physicalexam
Guide for testing and documenting neurological function in kids with upper limb fractures 

Rock - Median
Ulnar Nerve OK Sign ... drsarahedwards #Diagnosis ... #Pediatrics #Hand ... Peripheral #Nerves #PhysicalExam ... Mnemonic #Upper #Arm #Injury
Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
newborn vital signs ... Grimace, Activity, and ... child will develop long-term ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #APGAR
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... Lung POCUS shows ... partially seen shred sign ... Lung POCUS invaluable ... NOT definitively diagnose
Pediatric Elbow Injuries - Elbow Xrays

Check the fat pads on the lateral projection:
1. A displaced anterior
Pediatric Elbow ... fat pad (sail sign ... a significant injury ... neck should pass ... Xrays #Radiology #peds
Myotonic Dystrophy
Typically presents in middle age with weakness of hands, legs and neck.
 - Mental deficiency
, legs and neck ... face leads to a long ... - inability to relax ... Dystrophy #Myotonia #Diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology: • Severe injury ... Awareness • Injury ... • Examine for signs ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam