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Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
: Interscalene Brachial ... Uses in the Emergency ... mid-humerus fracture, reduction ... of shoulder dislocation ... block #ultrasound #anesthesia
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Supraclavicular Brachial ... Uses in the Emergency ... Department: reduction ... fractures and elbow dislocations ... block #ultrasound #anesthesia
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
to the radial nerve ... in the median nerve ... Anterior Shoulder Dislocation ... nerve damage resulting ... regimental badge" anesthesia
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Superior gluteal nerve ... Fracture • Hip dislocation ... Decr ROM in hip abduction ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
SPONTANEOUS REDUCTION ... : ~25% cases. ... Common peroneal nerve ... extension, Tibial nerve ... Rapid reduction
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Albuminocytologic dissociation ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
malignancy Pathophysiology ... or peripheral (bronchial ... or refractory cases ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... with peripheral nerve ... albuminocytologic dissociation ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT