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Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Stable fractures ... : Don't cause spinal ... deficit, still able ... fractures: Unable ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... by Classification ... exacerbation (any cause ... obstruction to blood flow ... #Table #CriticalCare
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Low #Potassium ... #Table #Classification ... #Causes
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
Webber Ankle Injury Classification ... appear to be a stable ... These injuries are caused ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Classification
Aortic Stenosis Grading on echocardiography
The cut-offs for grading can be found in table 1. Discrepancies are
can be found in table ... and are usually caused ... measurements - high or low ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... AorticStenosis #Classification
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
#Differential #Diagnosis ... #Low #Magnesium ... #Table #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Rapid, increasing signs of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) is an important key feature of NMS. EPS, associated
important key feature ... about 95% of NMS cases ... should exhibit low ... #Diagnosis #Serotonin ... NeurolepticMalignant #Comparison #Table
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... normal volume-based algorithm ... can be high or low ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #sodium
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
mental status and low ... augment forward flow ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
coronary blood flow ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm