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Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
: Interscalene Brachial ... mid-humerus fracture, reduction ... of shoulder dislocation ... #interscalene #brachial ... ultrasound #anesthesia #pocus
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Supraclavicular Brachial ... Emergency Department: reduction ... fractures and elbow dislocations ... supraclavicular #brachial ... ultrasound #anesthesia #pocus
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
Posterior Elbow Dislocation ... injury (LCL > MCL), brachial ... fracture • ED Management ... procedural sedation and reduction ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation ... Overhead throwing => Abduction ... x-ray view -> Dislocation ... Diagnosis #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Fracture • Hip dislocation ... Decr ROM in hip abduction ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Acidosis (MALA) Pathophysiology ... hepatocellular aerobic ATP production ... increased lactate production ... also includes symptoms ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... or peripheral (bronchial ... Transsphenoidal surgical resection ... Endocrinology #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms ... - 10-25% BP reduction ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms ... (LR+ 3.0) • Bronchial ... aeruginosa Clinical Prediction ... CAP #Diagnosis #Management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
albuminocytologic dissociation ... than one after symptom ... the underlying pathophysiology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management