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Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
: Compression Fracture ... fractures: Don't cause ... deficit, still able ... • Vertebral compression ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... cord compression ... Spinal Cord Causes ... Bowel and bladder dysfunction ... differential #algorithm
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
) without cord compression ... bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... No cord compression ... • Infectious causes
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
cord - Spinal Cord ... Causes of spinal ... by: - Compression ... - Sphincter dysfunction ... #differential #diagnosis
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
 Most common cause ... Differential diagnosis ... hyperreflexia, spinal ...  Spinal Cord ... Compression: Hyperreflexia
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
due to severe compression ... bowel and sexual dysfunction ... - Emergency Causes ... : • Spinal cord ... #causes #neurology
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... END-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION ... traumatic brain or spinal ... #Types #diagnosis ... warm #wet #dry #table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
by Classification ... Anaphylaxis - Spinal ... cord trauma (a.k.a ... exacerbation (any cause ... #Table #CriticalCare
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... Artery Disease • Stable ... #Algorithm #Causes
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Excessive ... Uteroplacental Dysfunction ... Compression: ... #Algorithm #Causes