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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
The arms abduct ... holding jaw over shoulder ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Plantar Reflex (Babinski) Equivalents
Plantar toe reflex - Babinski - Move an object along the lateral aspect
patient's shin and ... release #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam ... #Alternatives #Tests ... #pyramidal
Drop Arm Test - Supraspinatus Tear

The drop arm test evaluates for a supraspinatus muscle tear.
Passively adduct
Drop Arm Test - ... to 90 degrees, flex ... to 30 degrees, and ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video
Hoffmann's Reflex on Physical Exam
The Hoffmann's reflex itself involves loosely holding the middle finger and flicking
Hoffmann's Reflex ... are not useful ... #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology ... #UMN #video #Pyramidal
Moro Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam

The Moro reflex is obtained by holding the baby’s head and
The arms should ... midline with the hand ... #Pediatrics #Clinical ... #Video #Neurology ... #Normal #PhysicalExam
Lazarus Sign / Reflex in Brain Death - Head Flexion

The presence of this complex spinal reflex
the brain death diagnosis ... briefly raise their arms ... BrainDeath #BrainDead #Neurology ... #video #clinical ... #PhysicalExam
Lazarus Sign / Reflex in Brain Death - Head Turn

The presence of this complex spinal reflex
the brain death diagnosis ... briefly raise their arms ... BrainDeath #BrainDead #Neurology ... #video #clinical ... #PhysicalExam
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... • Locked-in syndrome ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose ... #diagnosis
String Test in Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

A positive string test in a confabulating patient with Wernicke's-Korsakoff syndrome.
These
Syndrome (WKS) ... These patients are ... to suggestion and ... #WKS #clinical ... #neurology #physicalexam
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
, T1 (median) Reflexes ... aracteristic "claw hand ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis ... #neurology #sensory ... #motor #arm #physicalexam