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Fulcrum Test for Femoral Stress Fracture

The fulcrum test evaluates for femoral stress fractures.
The examiner places one
Fulcrum Test for ... Femoral Stress ... Fracture The fulcrum ... evaluates for femoral ... #Test #Femoral
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Femoral Head Fracture ... Impaction force from femoral ... bone from the femoral ... lateral hip Signs/Symptoms ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms
Transducer location to evaluate the femoral vein and normal ultrasound images showing common femoral artery (A)
to evaluate the femoral ... showing common femoral ... Diagnosis #EM #Radiology ... Vasc #POCUS #DVT #Femoral
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Giant Cell (Temporal ... Complications Signs/Symptoms ... palpation - Temporal ... Stroke or TIA-like symptoms ... Complications #Signs #Symptoms
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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injury of Lateral Femoral ... paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... sensory nerve, thus symptoms ... mass Sensory Symptoms
Temporal (Giant cell) Arteritis 
Risk Factors:
 • Age (almost never occurs before age 50) 
Clinical:
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Temporal (Giant ... Constitutional symptoms ... vision loss #Temporal
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
Infarction  Ischemic Symptoms ... SUPPORT  Obtain femoral ... venous access (Femoral ... Initiative #Management #Cardiology
Deep Vein Thrombosis Ultrasound Pocket Card
Deep Vein Thrombosis Scanning Sites:
 • Common Femoral Vein 
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Sites: • Common Femoral ... (Superficial) Femoral ... diagnosis #Ultrasound #radiology
Positive DVT study showing thrombus in the femoral vein (v), adjacent to the femoral artery (a)
thrombus in the femoral ... adjacent to the femoral ... Diagnosis #EM #Radiology
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Giant Cell (Temporal ... old; F>M Signs/Symptoms ... #GiantCell #Temporal ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms