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Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... missed by non-trauma ... team. 1. ... #PhysicalExam # ... #pulmonary
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... missed by non-trauma ... team. 1. ... #PhysicalExam # ... #pulmonary
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... #Flail #Chest #Breathing ... #Pattern #Trauma ... Video #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Pulmonary #Respiratory
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculin skin test ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... Recent infection • Pulmonary ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... Tuberculin skin test ... #Diagnosis #Management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Infection: TB ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal ... function tests: ... Sweat chloride test ... the airway • Treating
Patients with CHD are exceptionally sensitive to the effects of bronchiolitis on their volume status
Four principles
principles of treating ... heart to improve pulmonary ... to a 1L bag of normal ... improve work of breathing ... #Management #Peds
Algorithm for Management of Head Injuries in Children
Primary survey:
 • Airway and cervical spine
 • Breathing
Algorithm for Management ... cervical spine • Breathing ... Amnesia >5 min • Abnormal ... #Algorithm #Management ... #Head #Injury #trama
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
flexion withdrawal, abnormal ... decortication), abnormal ... If ok with ICU team ... ventilation and observe breathing ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Sjogren's • CSF: - Abnormal ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... Herpes zoster, West ... , Hep A/B/CMV, TB ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management