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Urethral Injury in the Emergency Department

Clinical Features, Diagnostics and Treatment

#Urology #Diagnosis #Management #Urethral #Injury #Urethrogram
Emergency Department Clinical ... Features, Diagnostics ... and Treatment ... #Urology #Diagnosis
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
most common) Clinical ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Lung #Abscess #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Clinical
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... polyarthritis • Pulmonary ... exertion • Neurologic ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... Symptoms #Signs #Pulmonary
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome Clinical ... Encephalopathy Treatment ... Korsakoff #Syndrome #neurology ... #diagnosis
Phimosis 
Inability to retract the foreskin - Can be normal up to 3 years old -
3 years old - Clinically ... after age 4 Treatment ... Paraphimosis #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Urology
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... regurgitation) Diagnosis ... defects • Confirm diagnosis ... Bypass Other Treatment ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary Clinical ... Treatment: admission ... parenteral Abx, Orthopedics ... Ciprofloxacin OR Imipenem Clinical ... patient admitted for treatment
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... #microbiology #diagnosis ... #treatment #management
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Orthopedic Essentials ... spinal deformity or neurologic ... Cauda equina Treatment ... Classification #Orthopedics ... #diagnosis #localization
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... by culture or serology ... : • Serology for