9 results
Interscalene brachial plexus block is used for shoulder, arm, and elbow surgery. Local anesthetic is injected
Interscalene brachial plexus ... block is used for shoulder ... , arm, and elbow ... to the brachial plexus ... -C7 #Clinical #POCUS
Ultrasound-Guided Regional Nerve Blocks in Emergency Medicine: Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Nerve Block
Uses in the Emergency Department:
Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus ... fractures and elbow ... distal to the shoulder ... supraclavicular #brachial #plexus ... ultrasound #anesthesia #pocus
Olecranon Bursitis - Often due to repetitive microtrauma

Inflammatory vs Septic
Clinical Features, Lab Aspirate and Treatment
BOTH CAN
Olecranon Bursitis ... Lab Aspirate and Treatment ... MORE HOT #Diagnosis ... #Management #Elbow ... #Olecranon #Bursitis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate Elevation ... - Differential Diagnosis ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
- Differential Diagnosis ... apparent with elevation ... the mainstay of treatment ... patches on back, shoulder ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
other explanation should ... anemia for age, elevation ... echo is positive, treatment ... should be given ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
weird joints (shoulders ... , wrists, elbows ... Wrist, MCP or shoulder ... culture used to diagnose ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment
Achalasia Summary

Epidemiology: 10 cases per 100,000 individuals

Defined by inadequate relaxation of the LES and aperistalsis
Primary or
: Testing The diagnosis ... leading to myenteric plexus ... pseudoachalasia should ... Treatment options ... #Achalasia #diagnosis
Filariasis - Wuchereria bancrofti
30 yo F from India presents w/ painless immobile firm mass on the
Diagnosis? ... Treatment should ... prompt accurate diagnosis ... of ivermectin plus ... diethylcarbamazine plus