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Pain Assessment Mnemonic: "OPQRSTU"
O: Onset
P: Provoking or Palliating Factors
Q: Quality
R: Region & Radiation
S: Severity
T: Time &
Pain Assessment ... Region & Radiation S: ... Severity T: Time & Treatment ... Understanding & Impact #Pain
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
120ms, Dominant S ... wave in V1 (deep S ... l, V5-V6, ("M-shaped ... direction to QRS main ... c) STE / S
Retinal Vasculitis in Takayasu’s Arteritis- ...Ophthalmologic examination revealed severe impairment, with perception of only light in
Slit-lamp examination showed ... fluorescein angiography showed ... and initiated treatment ... fluorescein angiography showed ... #NEJM #clinical
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public education, early detection
sideways in an "S" ... or "C" shape. ... requires active #treatment ... to successful treatment ... long-term #back #pain
#Cobb #Cob #angle 
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
sideways in an "S" ... or "C" shape. ... requires active #treatment ... to successful treatment ... long-term #back #pain
Radial Fracture Due to Parathyroid Carcinoma- ...A plain radiograph of the left arm showed a diaphyseal
Carcinoma- ...A plain ... of the left arm showed ... hormone levels...A plain ... of the fracture showed ... clinical #radiology #NEJM
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 ... Earplugs & eye shades ... Checklist #Management #Treatment
A quick infographic describing some of the common reversal agents used by anesthesiologists, their mechanism of
anesthesiology #treatment ... References: Pani ... Parthasarathy, S.
Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
metacarpal neck(s) ... prophylactic antibiotic treatment ... affected metacarpal(s) ... ED Management: Pain
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... Treatment of GCA