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Lower Extremity Venous Thrombosis - Management and Anatomy

Deep - Superficial - Active Bleeding

#LowerExtremity #Veins #Venous #Thrombosis
Lower Extremity ... Superficial #Deep #VTE ... Management #Anatomy #Anticoagulation
Lower Extremity Nerve Pathologies 

 • Obturator
 • Femoral
 • Common Peroneal
 • Tibial
 • Superior
Lower Extremity ... sarahthelyon #Lower ... #Extremity #Nerve ... #Pathologies #differential ... Neuropathy #anatomy #leg
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... cyanosis - Cool extremity ... #pain #differential ... #diagnosis #lower ... #extremity #msk
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Lower Extremity Edema

Edema occurs when any of the following
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... Extremity Edema ... Note: • Left leg ... after the right leg ... Peripheral #Edema #differential
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
hyperextension -> Upper extremity ... Primarily Upper Extremity ... Mixed upper and lower ... saddle anesthesia. leg ... signs #symptoms #msk
Clotmaster Consensus 2019: Duration of Therapy for Venous Thromboembolic Disease
 • Superficial Venous Thrombosis
 • Upper
Thrombosis • Upper Extremity ... - Two or more lower ... extremity proximal ... DeLoughery @Bloodman #VTE ... #anticoagulation
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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must be absent: lower ... Negative Straight Leg ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... pathophysiology #differential
Hoover's Sign for Functional Lower Extremity Paralysis

Used to distinguish organic from functional leg hemiparesis.

Ask the patient
for Functional Lower ... Extremity Paralysis ... from functional leg ... Ask the patient ... flex their weak leg
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
100 - Consider TEG ... compression: - Lower-extremity ... dyspnea, upper-extremity ... stenting - Consider anticoagulation ... 100 000 (can be lower
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... African ancestry, LGE ... orthopnea, PND, LE ... suggest prophylactic anticoagulation ... Serial TTE and close