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Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
Femoral Head Fracture ... bone from the femoral ... lateral hip Signs/Symptoms ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #orthopedics
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
Headache Syndromes ... with stroke-like symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... #Headache #Syndromes ... #diagnosis #symptoms
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior Cord Syndrome ... • Central Cord Syndrome ... Posterior Cord Syndrome ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics
Problem Representation

An evolving summary of a patient’s clinical presentation that strives to identify 
(1) Clinical syndrome
(1) Clinical syndrome ... (signs/symptoms ... demographics), and (3) Temporal
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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papilledema • Horner syndrome ... Neurological deficits • Temporal ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... meningitis) • Temporal
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
onto the hand Symptoms ... – compartment syndrome ... weeks Urgent orthopedics ... Management #Referral #Orthopedics
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... arteries - Temporal ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... headache #signs #symptoms
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
changes • Urinary symptoms ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Nephrolithiasis • Femoral ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... artery compression syndrome
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Test for Rectus Femoris ... tightness, femoral ... location of the symptoms ... #Test #Rectus #Femoris ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Test for Rectus Femoris ... tightness, femoral ... location of the symptoms ... #Test #Rectus #Femoris ... physicalexam #msk #orthopedics