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COMPARISON OF PREDICTION TOOLS FOR PREDICTING TBI IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
 - PECARN 
 - CHALICE
- CHALICE - CATCH ... PECARN #CHALICE #CATCH ... Sensitivity #Specifiity #DecisionRules
Algorithm for evaluation of cervical spine injuries (Canadian C-spine Imaging Decision Rule) 

#Diagnosis #Management #Trauma #CT
Trauma #CT #CSpine #DecisionRule
Hand Bones Anatomy 
Mnemonic: She Looks Too Pretty Try To Catch Her
S - Scaphoid
L - Looks
T
Pretty Try To Catch ... Try T - To C - Catch
Patch dehiscence (post surgical correction of congenital VSD) on Echocardiogram

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD @Ivan_Echocardio

#VSD #Patch #dehiscence
Patch dehiscence ... Ivan_Echocardio #VSD #Patch
Liver Flukes on ERCP
Here are liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) extracted from the bile duct during ERCP
Watch as they sluggishly ... Their cysts hatch
Nonopioid Analgesic Agents
Acetaminophen
Aspirin
NSAIDs
Amitriptyline
Duloxetine
Gabapentin
Pregabalin
Lidocaine Patch
Capsaicin Patch

#Nonopioid #Analgesic #medications #drugs #comparison #table #pharmacology
Pregabalin Lidocaine Patch ... Capsaicin Patch
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
CATCH Predictors ... no helmet #CATCH
SNOOP mnemonic may catch potentially life-threatening headaches
Systemic signs and disorders
Neurologic symptoms
Onset new or changed & patient
SNOOP mnemonic may catch
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
Inpatient Cath Lab ... Indications Cath ... ventricular arrhythmia Cath ... high (5-7) risk Cath
Papulosquamous Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erythrematous or violaceous papules & plaques with overlying scale
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a large lesion patch ... Herald's atch