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Salter Harris Fractures - Pediatric Fractures of the Physis 
SALTR Mnemonic 

Salter Harris I 
Straight through
- Pediatric Fractures ... orthopedics in ... Crush (Rammed) injury ... Can present with normal ... #Peds #Orthopedics
Salter Harris Physeal Injury Classification

S - Straight through - Type I - Separation through the physis
A
Harris Physeal Injury ... Above - Type II - Fracture ... - Compression fracture ... SALTR #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Orthopedics
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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the most common orthopedic ... injury. ... • Most common orthopedic ... injury • Eponyms ... intra-articular dorsal
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
radiocapitellar lines), fat pads ... injuries: Ligamentous injury ... radioulnar joint injury ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Salter Harris Fractures

Pediatric physeal fractures have traditionally been described by the five-part Salter-Harris classification system.

Type I
Pediatric physeal ... fractures have ... may present with normal ... there is a crush injury ... #Types #Orthopedics
Pediatric Elbow Injuries - Elbow Xrays

Check the fat pads on the lateral projection:
1. A displaced anterior
Pediatric Elbow ... a significant injury ... The normal radius ... Xrays #Radiology #peds ... #Pediatrics #clinical
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
depressed skull fracture ... of Basal Skull Fracture ... Traumatic #Brain #Injury ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Radial Head Elbow Fracture with displaced Fat Pads
Intra-Articular Fracture of the Elbow with displaced fat pads
Radial Head Elbow Fracture ... be seen in most normal ... posterior fat pad is normally ... intra-articular injury ... and is always abnormal
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture ... radiocapitellar lines), fat pads ... brachial artery injury ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
injuries: Carpal fracture ... radial styloid fracture ... , median nerve injury ... Disposition: Pending orthopedic ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics