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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... tumour causing injury ... weakness and #Acute ... #SpinalCord #Injury ... signs #symptoms #msk
Acute Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management
#Diagnosis #Management #Toxicology #Salicylate #Aspirin #Toxicity #ALiEM
Acute Salicylate ... Toxicity - Diagnosis ... and Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Salicylate #Aspirin #Toxicity
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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Acute Iron Poisoning ... caustic mucosal injury ... deposition leads to acute ... caustic bowel injury ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Management of acute beta blocker/calcium channel blocker overdose

#Management #Toxicology #BetaBlocker #CCB #CalciumChannelBlocker #Overdose #Toxicity #Algorithm
Management of acute ... blocker overdose #Management ... CalciumChannelBlocker #Overdose #Toxicity
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... Hemorrhage • Acute ... Kidney Injury ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Hypertension #Management
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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common orthopedic injury ... , acute carpal tunnel ... ) • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... urinalysis, labs - Management ... renal biopsy - Management ... appropriate) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Classification of PCL Iniuries
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Ligament (PCL) Injury ... PCL: The PCL is injured ... Stress Test, - McMurray ... Stress Test or + McMurray ... #MSK #Sports #pathophysiology
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Radiation Injury ... Acute Radiation ... Toxicity primarily ... #Toxicity #diagnosis ... #management
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... coma, spinal cord injury ... ED arrival MSK ... #Electrical #Injury ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management