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Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Open Fractures: ... Mechanisms, Clinical Features ... Complications Gustilo-Anderson ... Typically "inside out" injury ... Classification #Open #Fractures
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
Syndrome Features ... or hyporeflexia Features ... Elevated CSF protein Features ... spectrum disorders Features ... diagnosis #criteria #neurology
Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Radius & Ulnar Fractures ... Humeral Shaft Fractures ... Radius & Ulna Fractures ... Scissors #Nerve #Injury ... UpperExtremities #diagnosis #neurology
Urethral Injury in the Emergency Department

Clinical Features, Diagnostics and Treatment

#Urology #Diagnosis #Management #Urethral #Injury #Urethrogram
Urethral Injury ... Department Clinical Features ... and Treatment #Urology ... Management #Urethral #Injury
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Stable fractures ... spinal deformity or neurologic ... bear Unstable fractures ... unstable spine injury ... Thoracolumbar Injury
Gustilo-Anderson Classification for Open Fractures

Antibiotic regimen for open fractures is determined by the severity of the
Gustilo-Anderson ... Classification for Open Fractures ... regimen for open fractures ... severity of the injury ... Classification #Open #Fractures
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... females Guillain-Barre ... Clinical Features ... demyelination features ... management #treatment #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr ... • The cardinal features ... GBS #Guillain #Barre ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Immobilization - Crush injury ... - Electrical injury ... exhaustion, Heat injury ... Dermatomyositis Clinical Features ... causes #treatment #nephrology
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Neurologic deficit ... Neurologic injuries ... Fractures-> Femur ... Avulsion fractures ... SEGOND FRACTURE: