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Rock Paper Scissors - Assessment of Nerve Damage in Upper Limb Injuries
Rock - Median Nerve
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Rock Paper Scissors ... Assessment of Nerve ... Finger Flexion Paper ... adduction) OK Sign - AIN ... joint #Rock #Paper
Pericapsular Nerve Group Block (PENG) on POCUS

PENG block: Injection between iliopubic eminence and psoas tendon for
Pericapsular Nerve ... Dynamic pain went ... ultrasound #clinical #anesthesia ... #pain
Median nerve block on POCUS ultrasound
Median nerve block for foreign body removal.  Amazingly good needle
Median nerve block ... ultrasound Median nerve ... ultrasound #clinical #anesthesia ... #local #pain
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
artery aneurysms Nerve ... Spinal stenosis/nerve ... neuropathy • Sural nerve ... Infections causing nerve ... Paralysis 4) Paresthesia
Femoral Nerve Block under POCUS

Here's a femoral nerve block that was done on a 2-year-old with
Femoral Nerve Block ... Here's a femoral nerve ... and injecting anesthetic ... around the nerve ... Pediatrics #Clinical #Pain
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... dysfunction, saddle paresthesia ... deficits, nocturnal pain ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Incontinence • Saddle Anesthesia ... • Neuropathic pain ... lancinating, burning pain ... damage to sacral nerves ... • Pain/sensory disturbance
6 P’s Mnemonic for Acute Limb Ischemia - Signs of an acutely threatened limb

Pain
Pallor
Pulselessness
Paresthesia
Paralysis (muscle/nerve ischemia)
Poikilothermia
threatened limb Pain ... Pulselessness Paresthesia ... Paralysis (muscle/nerve
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Syndrome - Low back pain ... saddle (perineal) anesthesia ... damage to peroneal nerve
Lyrica (Pregabalin) 
Indications: Neuropathy (diabetic, postherpetic neuralgia, fibromyalgia, & spinal cord injury), Adjunctive therapy for partial-onset
function - Taper ... seizures and for nerve ... pain (including ... fibromyalgia, PHN, & pain