Syringe Preparation: Position: Comfortably seated with neutral forearm rotation with radial styloid facing upwards – position the wrist in slight ulnar deviation. Technique:
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Category: Clinical Skills and Approaches
History taking and examination skills and Flowchart approaches to commonly encountered medical conditions and diseases.
Hand Examination
Look Examine SEADS with palms facing upwards and downwards: Interrupted finger cascade = Tendon divided or stuck Normal finger cascade but absent active motion =…
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Diet Assessment in Pediatrics: History taking skill
As a part of history taking, Dietary assessment becomes an important part of pediatric history. As childhood is the age of rapid growth and development,…
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Inverted Reflexes
An inverted tendon reflex refers to the elicitation of the movement opposite to that normally seen when the reflex is elicited. Mechanism of Inverted Reflexes…
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Hoffmann’s Sign
History Method of Eliciting Hoffmann’s Reflex Mechanism of Positive Hoffmann’s Reflex Sudden stretch of the finger flexors causes involuntary finger flexor contraction due to activation…
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Foot and Ankle Examination
Go through the general principles of orthopedic examination before reading foot and ankle examination. Look Look for SEADS GO. A. Standing 1. From behind: 2.…
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Wrist Examination
Start examination of patient using WIPER. Learn the general principles of orthopedic examination before you proceed to wrist examination. Look Both dorsal and palmar aspects…
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Orthopedic Examination : General Principles and Mnemonics
Remember WIPER before patient examination The local musculoskeletal examination is carried out following the general physical examination. The orthopedic examination proceeds in the sequence of:…
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