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Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
pain, neuro deficits ... Focal severe back pain ... imaging as needed Treatment ... Surgical drainage - Antibiotics ... Epidural #Abscess #diagnosis
Pearls for Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder

First-line pharmacotherapies for moderate to severe AUD include naltrexone and
Pearls for Treatment ... include abdominal pain ... opiates Second-line ... UseDisorder #Management #Treatment ... #Medications #Pharmacology
Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
treatment. ... ED Management: Pain ... reduce if needed (using ... open wound, must update ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... if uncontrolled pain ... consider empiric treatment ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Diagnosis: ... - Intense pain ... days, the local pain ... - Antibiotic ... #management #treatment
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) - Treatment
Non-Pharmacologic:
 • Education
 • Physical & occupational therapy
 • Psychology
Complex Regional Pain ... Syndrome (CRPS) - Treatment ... Non-Pharmacologic ... alendronate) • Opiates ... injections • Spinal
#Cobb #Cob #angle 
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
curvature of the #spine ... six #children diagnosed ... long-term #back #pain ... can be treated using ... #bracing and #spinal
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public education, early detection
curvature of the #spine ... six #children diagnosed ... long-term #back #pain ... can be treated using ... #bracing and #spinal
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
broad spectrum antibiotic ... retrosternal chest pain ... Diagnosis: - EGD ... : - Treatment of ... retrosternal or back pain
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... ileus), consider pain-dose ... • Antibiotics ... cholecystectomy during ... #Management #Treatment