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Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
immediate, prior to ED arrival ... posterior shoulder - AC ... especially with AC ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Emergency
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
cyclist) - APC ... possible vascular injury ... Vertical Shear (VS) - Axial ... - Type 1 or 2 injury ... Orthopedics #MSK #diagnosis
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Radiation Injury ... Toxicity primarily affects ... #Radiation #Injury ... #Toxicity #diagnosis ... #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis ... and Management ... diffusion from IPVDs Diagnostic ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC)
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
acute cardiac injury ... VF, Myocardial injury ... agent, steroids, AC ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast Effect ... in Right Atrium ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... echocardiogram #s4c
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Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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pattern of liver injury ... Diagnosis - If suspected ... , AIH diagnosis ... Anti-LKM & Anti-ALC ... #Management #Hepatology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
vasculitis and large-vessel ... to local skin injury ... Medium and large ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #management #signs
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... 1928-1977) -> 50% diagnosed ... • Classic triad ... is reserved for large ... the vasodilatory effect
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
feature, PRS can affect ... multiplex WORKUP & DIAGNOSIS ... quantify renal injury ... blood retum in serial ... #management #treatment