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Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
predispose to other orthopedic ... Avascular necrosis ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... • Differentiate ... SickleCell #Disease #differential
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine should ... pathology" should ... Even with macular ... highlighted circle= clinical ... smfarmhosp_smfh #Drugs #Medications
Costoclavicular Maneuver for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

To perform the Costoclavicular Maneuver, draw the patient's shoulders inferiorly and
the patient's shoulders ... Outlet #Syndrome #Shoulder ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #sports #msk #orthopedics ... #vascular
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
alcohol - Medications ... immobility • Critical ... natremia - Muscular ... deficiency - Medications ... #Elevated #CK #differential
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
ill patient that should ... encourage critical ... reflection on the differential ... finding is an urgent indication ... #liver #pocus #clinical
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... when evaluation should ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Causes: • Vascular ... #Diagnosis #indications
Orthopedic Platings, Nails and Screws
Bohler’s Stirrup: U shaped device to hold a Steinmann pin and applying
Orthopedic Platings ... thread tapping should ... Designed to limit vascular ... Nails #Screws #Orthopedics ... #management #indications
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Patients with valvular ... Change in clinical ... - Peripheral vascular ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... the type of and indication
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
the duodenum Clinical ... suspicion • Should ... be on differential ... negative, EGD should ... Management #Summary #vascular
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... of lactate as a clinical ... What we should be ... - HIV/HAART medications ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential