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Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Interscalene Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Blocks in Emergency ... Block Uses in ... mid-humerus fracture, reduction ... of shoulder dislocation ... at the lateral arm
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Blocks in Emergency ... Block Uses in ... Emergency Department: reduction ... fractures and elbow dislocations ... distal to the shoulder
Hippocratic Shoulder Reduction 
Shoulder reduction is the process of returning the shoulder to its normal position
Reduction Shoulder ... dislocation. ... In cases where closed ... The arm should be ... risk of axillary nerve
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Motor Function Shoulder ... Anterior Shoulder ... Dislocation - May ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #arm
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Anterior Shoulder ... , outstretched arm ... Overhead throwing => Abduction ... Structural damage to nerves ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Reduction of Patellar Dislocation 
Most patellar dislocations are lateral, and they often reduce on their own.
Reduction of Patellar ... Dislocation Most ... consider a femoral nerve ... block or ketorolac⁣⁣ ... crutches - they should
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Superior gluteal nerve ... Fracture • Hip dislocation ... Trendelenburg #Gait #pathophysiology ... #causes #symptoms
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... Can begin in arms ... Absent Reflexes: Arms ... Albuminocytologic dissociation ... management #treatment #neurology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
when evaluation should ... with previously stable ... non-obese, non-black ... Neurologic disorders ... #Differential #
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 ... diagnosis #management #neurology