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Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
- Maneuver and Ages ... Abruptly lower the ... holding jaw over shoulder ... Pediatrics #Peds #Diagnosis ... #Neurology #PhysicalExam
Tone - Leg Recoil on Physical Exam
To test leg recoil, the legs are fully flexed on
Physical Exam To test ... The legs should ... #Leg #Recoil #Lower ... tone #Newborn #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
Kussmaul's Sign and Friedreich's Sign on Neck Examination

A middle-aged M with unknown PMH presents with dyspnea.
Examination A middle-aged ... Most likely diagnosis ... (middle chest, lower ... Friedreichs #Neck #JVP #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Hoover's Sign for ... Functional Lower ... hemiparesis #clinical #video ... #physicalexam # ... neurology #psychiatry
Tone - Leg Traction on Physical Exam
Leg traction is done by holding the leg by the
The knee should ... is a sign of hypotonia ... Lower #Extremity ... tone #Newborn #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
Painful Arc Test for Subacromial Impingement

The patient elevates the arm in the scapular plane, then slowly
the motion to lower ... 120 degrees of shoulder ... #Sign #Subacromial ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
to the Leaning Tower ... Risk factors: age ... pleurothotonus #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology ... #posture #video
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Epidemiology: - Bimodal age ... Ocular- 50%: Ptosis ... weakness, arms > legs ... - Peek sign 2. ... #management #neurology
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
purpura: Strong sign ... Takayasu: • Age ... proximal muscles of shoulder ... the upper and lower ... Palpable purpura (lower
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Differential Diagnosis ... • Vestibulo-ocular ... • Examine for signs ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #comatose