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Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... (Ischemia) - Acute ... e.g. fractured long ... #JointPain #MSK ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... pressure to the point ... compartment Fat Embolism ... days after an acute ... • Diagnosis:
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Pathogenesis and clinical ... injury, often from vascular ... reflex. saddle anesthesia ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... Change in clinical ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
and Management ... the duodenum Clinical ... no matter how long ... patients with acute ... #vascular
Acute and Critical Limb Ischemia
Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI):
 • Severe form of PAD that includes limb
Acute and Critical ... broadly divided into embolism ... coldness of LE, & paresthesia ... #Ischemia #diagnosis ... #management #vascular
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... anterior/posterior MSK ... #Management #Signs
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• A form of acute ... events • Key Point ... : High clinical ... Pulmonary/amniotic embolism ... recognition and management