Special Test Flashcards

1
Q

Cardio Special Tests?

A
  • Homan’s (DVT)
  • Thrombosis (DVT)
  • Pitting Edema
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2
Q

Respiratory?

A
  • Percussion

* Egophony (“E” sounds like “A’ = consolidation)

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3
Q

Neuro?

A
  • Romberg
  • Cold/ Heat sensitivity (No need if somatosensation is intact)
  • Stereognosis
  • Graphesthesia
  • Somatosensation (Sharp vs. Dull)
  • 2 point discrimination
  • DTRs
  • Brudzinski’s (Bend that head)
  • Kernig’s (Knee)
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4
Q

Male GU?

A
  • Cremasteric (test torsion)
  • Prehn sign (epididymitis)
  • Inguinal hernia cough
  • Milk the shaft for discharge
  • Tender prostate (prostatitis)
  • Firm or enlarged prostate nontender (BPH or cancer)
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5
Q

GI?

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  • Cullen and Grey Turner (pancreatitis)
  • Murphy sign (cholecystitis)
  • Laying down increases pain (pancreatitis)
  • Mcburney’s Point (Appendix)
  • Iliopsoas and obturator (Appendix)
  • Rovsings sign (Appendix)
  • Kehrs Sign (splenic rupture)
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6
Q

Audio?

A
  • Weber (whether it’s the left or right) - sensorineural

* Rinne (rinne under the pinne)

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7
Q

Altered mental status?

A
  • Glucose
  • EKG
  • UA
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8
Q

Chest pain?

A
  • Glucose
  • EKG
  • UA
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9
Q

Respiratory Distress?

A
  • O2 Sats
  • EKG
  • Glucose
  • UA
  • CBC
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10
Q

Mental Status for intubation test?

A

GCS

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11
Q

GCS Important numbers?

A

3 - lowest possible
8 - 8 or less intubate
15 - Eyes open spontaneously, A&Ox3, Obeys commands

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12
Q

Shoulder Impingement

A

NEER
Hawkins (reinforces NEER)
Cross-Body

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13
Q

Rotator Cuff

A

Hawkins (Pain in subacromial space)
Empty Can
Drop Arm Test
Gerber Lift off

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14
Q

Biceps Tendonitis

A

Resisted Elbow flexion
Supination resisted
Speed’s
Yergason (Flex elbow 90 with pronation, try to supinate with resistance and palpate bicipital groove)

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15
Q

Dislocation

A

Apprehension
Jobe relocation (apply anterior stability)
Sulcus (sublux of humeral head)
Jerk

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16
Q

Shoulder Instability

A

Sulcus

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17
Q

AC Injury / Clavicle

A

Cross Body

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18
Q

Labral Tear

A
Obrien's (pain worse with thumb down) - SLAP
Sulcus (inferior)
Jerk (posterior)
Apprehension (anterior)
Jobe relocation (anterior)
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19
Q

Medial Epicondltitis

A

Valgus
Resisted Pronation
Resisted Wrist flexion

20
Q

Lateral Epiconditlitis

A

Resisted Wrist Extension
Varus
Long Finger test (extension from pip of 3rd finger)

21
Q

Ulnar Nerve Compression / Cubital tunnel

A
Elbow Flexion test (dinner plate)
Tinel tapping on ulnar nerve
Carrying angle >10 degrees
Froment (Pinch piece of paper)
Flexor Digitorum Profundus
22
Q

Dislocation of elbow

A

Inability to extend

FOOSH

23
Q

De quervain tenosynovitis

A

Finkelstein

24
Q

What structure is in the snuff box?

A

Scaphoid

25
Q

Specific test for SLAP tear?

A

Obrien’s

26
Q

Special test for Hip strain

A

Thomas

27
Q

Special test for trochanter bursitis?

A

Trendelenburg

Faber

28
Q

Femoral neck stress fracture

A

Log roll test

29
Q

Hamstring strain

A

Hamstring flexibility

30
Q

Hip dislocation

A

scour test

31
Q

ACL injury

A

Lachman test

32
Q

PCL Injury

A

Posterior Drawers

Sag

33
Q

Patellar dislocation

A

Apprehension sign (push patella laterally)

34
Q

MCL injry

A

valgus

35
Q

LCL injury

A

Varus

36
Q

IT band syndrome

A

Obers

37
Q

Meniscal tear

A

Mcmurray

Look for locking of knee, if so need to medevac

38
Q

Tibial stress fracture

A

Resisted dorsiflexion

pain at rest

39
Q

Achilles rupture test

A

Thompson (squeeze calf foot should plantar flex)

40
Q

Special test for lisfranc fracture

A

Abduct forefoot while stabilizing hindfoot

41
Q

High ankle sprain moi

A

Eversion with dorsiflexion

42
Q

ATFL ankle sprain moi

A

Inversion

43
Q

high ankle sprain special test?

A

tib-fib squeeze

44
Q

test for lateral ankle sprain

A

Inversion stress

Anterior drawers

45
Q

Special tests for c-spine

A
Spurling (push down on head) - tests compression
Hoffman reflex (flick finger and thumb)
46
Q

Special tests for herniated disc?

A

Seated and supine straight leg raise