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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
after any trauma ... DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURES ... Painful balottement test ... ANY WRIST FRACTURES ... #msk #orthopedics
Common Types of Elbow Trauma - Comparison Table
 - RADIAL HEAD SUBLUXATION (nursemaid's elbow) 
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Trauma - Comparison ... Table - RADIAL ... FRACTURE - ELBOW ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Elbow #Trauma
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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Distal Radius Fracture ... most common orthopedic ... • Most common orthopedic ... variable gross wrist ... carpal tunnel syndrome
Who to block and who not to block? Guidelines for Emergency Regional Anesthesiafor Trauma Orthopedic Injuries
Block
energy distal radius ... • Elbow fracture ... for compartment syndrome ... neurovascular injury or clinical ... possible compartment syndrorne
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
common elbow fracture ... capitellum (age 1), radial ... ), compartment syndrome ... II-IV, pending orthopedic ... Diagnosis #Management #Orthopedics
Radial Head Elbow Fracture with displaced Fat Pads
Intra-Articular Fracture of the Elbow with displaced fat pads
Radial Head Elbow ... is that of the radial ... Pal @drdevrad #Radial ... #Head #Elbow #Fracture ... #trauma #clinical
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
is the nerve of elbow ... , wrist and digital ... and elbow joints ... When clinically ... diagnosis #neurology #orthopedics
Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
ulnar shaft with radial ... and missing the radial ... Exam: swollen elbow ... ), compartment syndrome ... DC with orthopedic
Inverted Supinator Test

Useful for identifying a lesion at the C5-C6 spinal cord level.  Tapping the
Inverted Supinator Test ... normally elicits elbow ... Inverted #Supinator #Test ... Reflex #neurology #clinical ... #physicalexam #orthopedics
Ulnar Fovea Sign Test for Fovea Disruption

Useful for patients with pain along the ulnar aspect of
Ulnar Fovea Sign Test ... examiner with the elbow ... The elbow is in ... #wrist #clinical ... #physicalexam #orthopedics