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Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior sail sign ... can't make A-OK sign ... syndrome • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
anterior sail sign ... fracture • ED Management ... 1week; Types II-IV ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... infection (~1.5% ... ) and negative Reller ... infection of ~1 ... is proposed: #Management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... Diagnosis and Management ... often ordered in reflex ... • Flex-Sig: If ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg IV
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
10-33% develop MS ... Spasticity - Reflexes ... • Bilateral signs ... simplex virus, HIV ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
• Symptoms and signs ... Infections: - ... HIV, CMV, HTLV ... dysfunction • Abnormal reflexes ... differential #algorithm
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... fingers, wrist, elbow ... Diagnose concomitant infection ... double contour sign ... allopurinol • IV
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
Hoover's Sign for ... Ask the patient ... to flex their weak ... leg at the hip. ... hemiparesis #clinical #video
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Mediated Colitis
Grade of Disease Severity:
 • G1: Increase < 4 BMs/day over baseline; mild
• Endoscopy (Flex ... Sig or Colon +EGD ... HIV screen, IGRAs ... Colitis #diagnosis #management ... #algorithm #IBD