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Lumbar Spine X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Pedicles
 - Vertebral heights and end plates
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Interpretation Checklist ... Sacro-iliac joints - Ribs ... - Lung bases ... #anatomy #msk #checklist
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
movement of the lower rib ... of outward as is ... hyperexpansion of the lungs ... pulling the inferior ribs ... inwards with its
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POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trauma Local Nerve Block

 - Ribs
 - Serratus
 - Fascia Iliaca
Nerve Block - Ribs ... Blocks #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Ribs #Serratus
ED Thoracotomy Instructions

Getting Into the Chest:
1. Bilateral finger thoracotomies
  • 4th or 5th intercostal space
• Curve along rib ... Open chest with rib ... bleeding vessels, lung ... Run hand along ribs ... emergency #trauma #checklist
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Interpretation Checklist ... heart borders Is ... tumour, cervical rib ... Check lung periphery ... Interpretation #Checklist
Scoliosis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings (Cobb Angle > 10 Degrees)

 • Incr Axial rotation of thoracic
joints to the ribs ... -> The rib cage ... prominence of the rib ... volume -> Decr lung ... expansion -> Decr lung
Rib Fracture on POCUS

There is an interruption in the continuity of this bone (rib), indicated by
Rib Fracture on ... POCUS There is ... of this bone (rib ... Ultrasound is superior ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
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Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Tube Placement Checklist ... tissue and down to rib ... Dissect above one rib ... ensure that the lung ... is not adherent
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Bowel Syndrome (IBS ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... fewer polyps in IBS ... vs non-IBS! ... EmoryGastroHep #IBS
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
bronchodilator test ... first-line therapies is ... asthma-COPD overlap; ICS ... corticosteroids; LABA = long-acting ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting