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Traumatic Splenic Hematoma on LUQ FAST Exam

31 yo M. Minor blunt trauma from bicycle accident. No
Minor blunt trauma ... performed shows a large ... #Spleen #Fracture ... LUQ #FAST #Exam #Clinical ... #POCUS
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Subtrochanteric Femur Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Subtrochanteric region spans 5 cm distally from the
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Causes: • Major trauma ... #msk #orthopedics ... #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #pathophysiology
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
: Mechanisms, Clinical ... on the side of trauma ... Grades #Grading #Orthopedics ... #MSK #diagnosis ... complications #pathophysiology
CATCH Predictors for Clinically Significant TBI 
 - GCS Less than 15 at 2 hours post
Predictors for Clinically ... at 2 hours post trauma ... - Large, boggy ... scalp hematoma ... Brain #Injury #Diagnosis
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Clinical ... Orbital Floor Fracture ... abducted, ptosis, large ... #Algorithm #Causes
Fracture Healing (and disruptors of this process)
Inflammatory Stage (0-7d)
 • Fracture disrupts local blood vessels ->
> formation of hematoma ... / Compromise - Trauma ... #Stages #Orthopedics ... #msk #Staging #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #disruptors
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
validation beyond a clinical ... diagnosis; the ... associated overlying hematoma ... POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #trauma
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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Recent history of trauma ... protein C and S Pathophysiology ... organ damage Clinical ... if presence of large ... #Coagulation #diagnosis