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Scaphoid Fractures
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Remember, if a fracture is suspected
Scaphoid Fractures ... most commonly fractured ... anatomic snuffbox, pain ... ED Management: Pain ... Thumb spica • Ortho
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Vascular Infectious Trauma ... injury sites, Open Fracture ... See pathologic fractures ... #Orthopedics #differential
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Triquetral Fracture ... most commonly fractured ... to distal ulna, pain ... ED Management: Pain ... Splint: Volar • Ortho
Causes of Common Accidental and Non-Accidental Pediatric Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Accidental Trauma
 - Distal Radius
- Differential ... Algorithm Accidental Trauma ... ) - Clavicle Fracture ... Non-Accidental Trauma ... #Locations #Differential
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... Embolism (e.g. fractured ... Disruption • Trauma ... Vessel (dislocation/fracture ... (Hemophilia or Trauma
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE ... Radial head fractures ... ED Management: Pain ... Splint: Sling • Ortho ... Type I, DC with ortho
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture ... trochanter • Major traumas ... low energy fall fractures ... Causes: • Major trauma ... orthopedics #diagnosis #differential
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
What is a Boxer’s fracture ... Fracture of the ... direct blunt/force trauma ... - Pain along ulnar ... #Boxers #Fracture
Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
likelihood of wrist fracture ... patient with wrist pain ... after any trauma ... DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES ... test ANY WRIST FRACTURES
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
, complex = fracture ... + radial head fracture ... Management: Simple, pain ... Posterior long arm • Ortho ... Simple, DC with ortho