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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
level. ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... pathophysiology #signs ... #orthopedics #neurology
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Essentials - Spinal Trauma ... OF SPINAL TRAUMA ... spinal deformity or neurologic ... Spinal #Fracture #Trauma ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Classification ... cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
sensation below level ... of injury • Intact ... • Penetrating trauma ... SpinalCord #Syndromes #Diagnosis ... #Neurology
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Findings in the Trauma ... 12 - Abdominal injury ... esophagus Air fluid level ... cxr #chestxray #trauma ... #diagnosis #signs
Acute Kidney Injury - RIFLE and AKIN Criteria for Diagnosis and Classification of AKI
 • AKIN
Acute Kidney Injury ... AKIN Criteria for Diagnosis ... and Classification ... #Classification ... #nephrology
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
abnormalities Liver ... Subclinical myocardial injury ... : Acute lung injury ... #failure #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Injury: • Hepatic ... , CMV, VZV • Trauma ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic Fever ... cells -> Tissue injury ... Pancarditis and valvular injury ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
3)
Portal Hypertension Classification ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... cirrhosis, Abdominal trauma ... #Hypertension #Classification ... gastroenterology #diagnosis