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Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

 • Paresthesia of 5th and medial half of 4th
• + Tinel sign ... • + Froment's sign ... + Wartenbergs sign ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #msk
Yergason's Test on Physical Exam
Yergason's test for biceps tendon pathology testing stability of the tendon within
for biceps tendon ... pathology testing ... flexion elicits symptoms ... pathology and/or SLAP tear ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
Myasthenia Gravis
Signs, Symptoms and Testing - Likelihood Ratios
Does this patient have myasthenia gravis?
JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1906-14.
Myasthenia Gravis Signs ... , Symptoms and Testing ... Test - Quiver ... eye movements #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #Testing
Stages of Syphilis
Early Primary:
 • Painless chancre
 • Regional lymphadenopathy
Early Secondary:
 • Fever, malaise
 • Rash
• No symptoms ... • Within first year ... • >1 year after ... Syphilis #Stages #symptoms ... #signs #diagnosis
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
as a physical sign ... Still useful for diagnosis ... Resource limited setting ... PhysicalExam #Clinical #Video ... #VolumeStatus #Cardiology
Classic Findings During Hallpike Test in Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
 • Latency (delay
During Hallpike Test ... Reproduction of vertigo symptoms ... toward the downward ear ... with repeated testing ... #findings #signs
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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sensory • Before diagnosis ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... inguinal ligament (near ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... the underlying diagnosis ... Kussmaul's sign ... as Friedreich’s sign ... #Kussmauls #Sign
SCAI Pyramid of Cardiogenic Shock Classification
E - Extremis - A patient experiencing cardiac arrest with ongoing
category C but getting ... currently experiencing signs ... or symptoms of ... #ABCDEs #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Xeropthalmia: Pathogenesis and Ocular Manifestations

Decr Visual pigment -> Keratinization, thickening & non-wetting of the conjunctiva
thickening & non-wetting ... mucins with reduced tear ... keratomalacia (focal melting ... ophthalmology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms