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Pelvis Insufficiency fractures
 - Back pain consistently one of the top three most common ER chief
Insufficiency fractures ... Insufficiency fractures ... a major pelvic cause ... rupture, femur fractures ... Insufficiency #fractures
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... Embolism (e.g. fractured ... Vessel (dislocation/fracture ... Marfan's Syndrome ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... deficits, nocturnal pain ... of neoplasm • Fracture ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Bone/Joint Causes ... • Fracture • Arthritis ... syndrome • Arthritis ... Hematoma Venous Causes ... Edema Arterial Causes
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
first, with a fracture ... severity) is either a fracture ... Danis-Webber C the fibula fracture ... These injuries are caused ... Ankle #Injury #Fracture
Causes of Growth Discrepancy: Large for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Factors:
 • Multiparity
 •
Causes of Growth ... Excessive weight gain ... Sotos syndrome, ... injury, clavicular fracture ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... hernia • Rib fracture ... artery compression syndrome
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Syndrome caused ... after long bone fractures ... fibula) and hip fractures ... stabilization of long bone fractures ... - Intense pain
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Cushing's Syndrome ... , pathological fractures ... disease —+ CT and/or MRI ... disease, CT and/or MRI ... #Cushings #Syndrome
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... • Extrinsic Causes ... • Intrinsic Causes ... : - Loss of pain ... Vertebral burst fracture