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Shoulder Exam - Provocative Testing

Supraspinatus muscle injury:
 - Jobe’s Test
 - Hawkin’s Test
 - Drop Arm
Testing #Maneuvers #RotatorCuff ... #Impingement #ALiEM
Update on the ED Management of Intracranial Hemorrhage: Not All Head Bleeds Are the Same -
#Management #NSG ... IntracranialHemorrhages #ALiEM
Crystalloid pH, Contents and Costs Compared
Plasma	pH 7.4
Normal Saline	pH 5.5*	
Ringer’s Lactate pH 6.5	
Plasmalyte A pH 6.5	
Coca-cola pH
Comparison #Table #Pharmacology ... #Costs #NS #LR ... LactatedRingers #Plasmalyte #Pharmacology
Considerations for Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR vs Plasma-Lyte
 - Causes hyperkalemia?
 - Safe to
Crystalloids - 0.9% NS ... Update: AKI in NS ... #Crystalloids #pharmacology ... LR #plasmalyte #NS
Guide to Treatment of Hepatitis C with Direct Acting Antivirals.

Here is a pocket guide to initial
#Management #Pharmacology ... #Medications #NS3
Hawkin's Test 1. Position arm in throwing position and flex forward 30 degrees. 2. Examiner internally
Supraspinatus #RotatorCuff ... #Test #Hawkin #ALiEM
Infraspinatus scapular rotation test - Patient has pain when externally rotates shoulder against resistance (with elbow
Infraspinatus #RotatorCuff ... #Test #ALiEM
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
lower (0.5 - 0.8 ng ... Ranges #Toxicology #Pharmacology
Crystalloid Compositon - Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, PlasmaLyte
#Pharmacology #Crystalloids #Contents #Comparison #Table #Normosol #Plasmalyte #LactatedRingers #NormalSaline
, PlasmaLyte #Pharmacology ... #NormalSaline #NS
Drug Treatment of Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reactions
First-Line Therapy 
 - Epinephrine 
 - Oxygen 
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- IV fluids: NS ... Anaphylaxis #Management #Pharmacology