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Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Pelvic and Lower Limbs
Letournel Classification Acetabular Fractures:
 • Simple Types: Anterior column,
Undisplaced 2 parts ... - Displaced 2 parts ... - Displaced 3 parts ... - Displaced 3 parts ... of Femoral Shaft
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Classification of ... Clinical Features and Complications ... #Classification ... MSK #diagnosis #complications ... #pathophysiology
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Transcellular Shift ... K-ATPase which imports ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... potassium #low #pathophysiology
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Signs/Symptoms/Complications ... Incr Skeletal fractures ... • Short stature ... Syndrome #genetics #pathophysiology
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
Webber Ankle Injury Classification ... first, with a fracture ... the talus can shift ... and easy way to differentiate ... #Classification
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
Electrolyte/fluid shifts ... • These shifts ... severe clinical complications ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
Hospitalization - Pathophysiology ... These shifts of ... from accessing port ... Hospitalization #causes #pathophysiology ... #differential #
Gitelman Syndrome Overview

What?
• Inherited (AR) hypokalemic salt-losing tubulopathies affecting the thiazide-sensitive sodium chloride cotransporter
• Gitelman's syndrome
Hypocalciuria (spot ... ratio 0.5%) Differential ... diarrhea Potential Complications ... nephrology #management #pathophysiology