22 results
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
Predictors for Clinically ... fracture - History ... Fracture - Large ... Predictors #Traumatic #Brain ... #Injury #Diagnosis
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs/symptoms ... Autoimmune (SLE/APLS ... heart valves • MRI ... brain for cerebral ... often seen • MRI
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Amyotrophic Lateral ... and with limb features ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... MRI: Brain, cervical ... #Sclerosis #neurology
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical findings
 • Pain in lumbar area and gluteal region: (Dull, insidious
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... more constant as ... bamboo spine) -> Fracture ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Paget’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Incr serum CTx - marker of bone resorption
 •
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... , kyphosis and fractures ... • Incr serum ALP ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Radius Fracture on POCUS
Great example of the use of POCUS to diagnose a fracture of a
Radius Fracture ... to diagnose a fracture ... Could also do X-ray ... GERpocus #Radius #Fracture ... #POCUS #clinical
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
affecting the Brain ... Infiltrating base of skull ... neuropathy (LHON) plus MRI ... lesions and clinical ... BEE #Syndromes #neurology
Cushing's Syndrome - Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis and Clinical Features
1) Skin
 • Thin, easily bruisable skin with
Hypercortisolism - Diagnosis ... and Clinical Features ... , pathological fractures ... of the skull ... #signs #symptoms
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... • recurrent fractures ... adult population: also ... mineralization Symptoms ... pain - Frequent fractures
Sternal fracture on POCUS. 

It’s super easy! Place linear probe in long axis over point of
Sternal fracture ... than CXR & can diagnose ... Xray read as normal ... Sternal #Sternum #Fracture ... #Clinical #POCUS