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The Schatzker classification system of tibial plateau fractures is shown.

**TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES**

Frequency: lateral (less bad, more
Get CT. ... Schatzker Types ... Neurovascular injury ... Open fractures. ... 976528726962810880 #Diagnosis
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
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
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
Management: - ... Overlying wounds or signs ... of open fracture ... recommended if injury ... Hand #Metacarpal #Diagnosis
Gustilo-Anderson Classification for Open Fractures

Antibiotic regimen for open fractures is determined by the severity of the
for Open Fractures ... severity of the injury ... contamination and the type ... #Open #Fractures ... #Diagnosis #Management
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
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
Predictors for Clinically ... - Suspected open ... depressed skull fracture ... exam - Any Sign ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Canadian CT Head Rule 

CT head is only required for minor head injury patients 
with any
Suspected open or ... Any sign of basal ... skull fracture* ... elevation) #Diagnosis ... #Management #Canadian