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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Posterior Cord Syndrome ... -> Trauma, disc ... #orthopedics #neurology
Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
Anterior Cord Syndrome:
 • Bilateral loss of motor, pain and temperature sensation below
below level of injury ... • Hyperflexion injury ... Hyperextension injury ... • Penetrating trauma ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... in the Emergency ... dislocations (posterior shoulder ... compartment syndrome ... Diagnosis #Management #Emergency
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... - Hypertensive emergency ... causes: sepsis, meds
Clinical image showing neck seat belt sign (diagonal abrasions are present along the course of the
course of the shoulder ... carotid artery injury ... carotid artery injury ... #EM #Clinical #Trauma ... #SeatbeltSign #emergency
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Transverse Myelitis, Trauma ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... Phrenic nerve injury ... Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
The evaluation should ... include a: • Neurologic ... audiometry • Patients should ... tympanic membrane • Neurologic ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Diagnosis
Clinical Features:
 • Altered mental status (Either lethargy, confusion, or
Encephalopathy Syndrome ... • Hypertensive emergency ... Immunomodulatory meds ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... treat spinal cord injury ... other forms of trauma ... herniation - Trauma ... differential #diagnosis #neurology
Naming of the many types of dental trauma seen in pediatric (primary) teeth. 

#Tooth #Teeth #Injury
types of dental trauma ... #Tooth #Teeth #Injury ... Injuries #Primary #Emergency ... #Trauma #Peds #