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The Schatzker classification system of tibial plateau fractures is shown.

**TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES**

Frequency: lateral (less bad, more
The Schatzker classification ... Get CT. ... Schatzker Types ... Neurovascular injury ... 976528726962810880 #Diagnosis
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
anterior sail sign ... radioulnar joint injury ... • ED Management ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Salter Harris Fractures

Pediatric physeal fractures have traditionally been described by the five-part Salter-Harris classification system.

Type I
Salter-Harris classification ... Type I fractures ... radiographs and the diagnosis ... is often made clinically ... there is a crush injury
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Open Fractures: ... Mechanisms, Clinical ... Typically "inside out" injury ... #Open #Fractures ... #Diagnosis #Complications
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Classification of ... : Mechanisms, Clinical ... - LC Grade 3 - Type ... #Classification ... Orthopedics #MSK #diagnosis
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior sail sign ... can't make A-OK sign ... brachial artery injury ... syndrome • ED Management ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Gustilo-Anderson Classification for Open Fractures

Antibiotic regimen for open fractures is determined by the severity of the
Gustilo-Anderson Classification ... severity of the injury ... contamination and the type ... - Vascular injury ... #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
CLINICAL: instability ... lachmans, posterior drawers ... Consider CT. ... consult for these types ... #msk #clinical
Canadian CT Head Rule 

CT head is only required for minor head injury patients 
with any
depressed skull fracture ... Any sign of basal ... skull fracture* ... elevation) #Diagnosis ... #Management #Canadian
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... and Clinical Features ... , pathological fractures ... dehydrogenase type ... #signs #symptoms