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Causes of Common Accidental and Non-Accidental Pediatric Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Accidental Trauma
 - Distal Radius
Fractures - Differential ... ) - Clavicle Fracture ... Tibia Fibular Fracture ... Ribs, Radius, Skull ... #Peds #Pediatrics
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
at 2 hours post trauma ... fracture - History ... Fracture - Large ... , boggy scalp hematoma ... #Pediatrics
Pediatric Skull Fracture with Associated Hematoma on POCUS

Working with the challenges of risk stratification, management of
Pediatric Skull ... Fracture with Associated ... head trauma in ... #Fracture #Hematoma ... #POCUS #Peds #Pediatrics
Child with boggy scalp hematoma? #POCUS shows break in cortex with step off = skull fracture.
hematoma? ... fracture. ... #Pediatrics #POCUS ... #Scalp #Skull # ... Fracture
Algorithm for Management of Head Injuries in Children
Primary survey:
 • Airway and cervical spine
 • Breathing
Primary survey: • Airway ... open/depressed skull ... fracture, e.g. ... #trama #pediatrics ... #peds
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Neoplastic Abscess • Skull ... fracture • Subdural ... hematoma • Intracranial ... Involvement - Other • Trauma
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Ludwig's angina Trauma ... Mechanical: • Larynx fracture ... inhalation • Tracheal injury ... #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Leg Pain: • Fracture ... Hepatitis • Hematoma ... Repetitive strain injury ... • Crush injury
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Pediatric Trauma ... bleeding source: Head/scalp ... potential pelvic fracture ... #Pediatrics ... #Trauma #Primary
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Herniated disc - Hematoma ... other forms of trauma ... Vertebral burst fracture ... herniation - Trauma ... syndromes #lesions #differential