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What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
Symptoms/exam ... weeks Urgent orthopedics ... Overlying wounds or signs ... if injury of dominant ... Management #Referral #Orthopedics
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
: Pathogenesis and ... Avulsion or shearing injury ... onto lateral hip Signs ... /Symptoms/Complications ... #symptoms #orthopedics
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
Headache - Differential ... - Autonomic symptoms ... Traumatic brain injury ... meningeal irritation signs ... #differential #
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... • Meningeal signs ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g. ... #Differential #
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
Webber Ankle Injury ... way to differentiate ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Webber #Ankle ... #Injury #Fracture
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Temporal Bone Fracture ... /signs, bidirectional ... Cerebellopontine Angle
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... pressure, acute-angle ... pupils - Acute angle ... #signs #symptoms ... #clues #differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... aneurysm, sudden and ... work) - acute angle ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... Glaucoma—acute angle ... - Traumatic injury ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... and signs below ... below the site of injury ... below the site of injury ... compression by fractured