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PATIENT AGE >2 Years - Pediatric Blunt Head Trauma (PECARN Study) #Diagnosis #Management #Peds #EM #Algorithm
Pediatric Blunt Head ... Study) #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #EM #Algorithm ... #HeadTrauma #HeadCT ... #PECARN #ALiEM
PATIENT AGE <2 Years - Pediatric Blunt Head Trauma (PECARN Study) #Diagnosis #Management #Peds #EM #Algorithm
Pediatric Blunt Head ... Study) #Diagnosis #Management ... #Peds #EM #Algorithm ... #HeadTrauma #HeadCT ... #PECARN #ALiEM
Blunt Cardiac Injury - Management Algorithm #Management #EM #Trauma #BCI #BluntCardiacInjury #Blunt #FAST #Algorithm #ALiEM
Cardiac Injury - Management ... Algorithm #Management ... BluntCardiacInjury #Blunt #FAST ... #Algorithm #ALiEM
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... Extrapulmonary: ankle ... posterior MSK, heart ... polyarthritis(symmetrical, ankles ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... - Hyperthermia/Heat ... exhaustion, Heat ... Cast formation: ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Orthopedic Splints, Casts, Plasters, Traction and Frames
Upper Limb and Spine 
 • DUNLOP TRACTION: Used in
in children • HEAD ... scoliosis • SCAPHOID CAST ... open fracture of ankle ... • POP CAST & ... limb whereas a cast
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Diagnosis and Management ... • Hyperthermia/Heat ... exhaustion, Heat ... Cast formation: ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
a) Ischemic heart ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - Structural heart ... indicated unless prior heart ... medical and surgical management
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
circumferential dressings/casts ... at level of the heart ... the level of the heart ... that compartment Fat ... by presence of fat
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
The heart consumes ... In fact, myocardial ... workloads on the heart ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm