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Odontoid Fractures 
Type I  [Stable]  - Avulsion of the tip 
Type II [Unstable] -
Fracture at base of dens ... #Orthopedics #Dens
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Pressure like CP ... severe, tearing CP ... onset pleuritic CP ... vomiting retrosternal CP
Dens Anatomy - Coronal Radiology
Simplify your posterior skull base evaluation by identifying the "Jugular Foramen" &
Dens Anatomy - Coronal ... odontoid process (DENS ... drSurjthVattoth #Dens
Cephalosporins 
Cephalosporins are bactericidal beta-lactam antibiotics derived from the fungus Acremonlum— they disrupt peptidoglycan formation in
They have no activity ... predominantly active ... progressively more active ... gram-positive activity
POCUS Algorithm for Chest Pain

Integrating POCUS in crashing chest pain is complex. Know the views that
when scanning CP
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
stress. 60% of CP ... RAP progress to CP ... Etiology of CP
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Risk Factors For Active ... Active: Symptomatic ... Asymptomatic Active ... cough Pleuritic CP ... assessing for active
LAD Coronary Artery Dissection on POCUS

Severe CP x 1 hour, Ant/Sept STEMI on EKG.  ED
POCUS Severe CP
Middle age male with hx of seizures presents with cp. comfortable. Has sz in ED, gets
presents with cp
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) and C-reactive Protein (CRP)
Here is a graphic on ESR and CRP. What
paraprotein, or active ... correlate to disease activity