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Acute Compartment Syndrome
 • Crush injuries, burns, circumferential constriction to limbs (each containing facially divided muscle
Acute Compartment ... Syndrome • Crush ... bleeding tendency/fracture ... CompartmentSyndrome #ACS #pathophysiology ... #orthopedics
What is a Boxer’s fracture?? Fracture of the 4th or 5th metacarpal neck
 - Common in
- Don’t miss – compartment ... syndrome! ... weeks Urgent orthopedics ... Overlying wounds or signs ... Management #Referral #Orthopedics
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior sail sign ... can't make A-OK sign ... contracture), compartment ... syndrome • ED ... II-IV, pending orthopedic
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
that can confirm Behcet ... interferon alfa, or tumor ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... azathioprine #Behcet ... #management #signs
Keratoconus: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Genetics
 • Family history of keratoconus
 • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
 • Down, Turner,
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome ... • Down, Turner ... , Marfan syndromes ... #Keratoconus #pathophysiology ... #ophthalmology
Compartment Syndrome Pearls
A vicious cycle of increased pressure within a facial compartment leading to compression of
Compartment Syndrome ... Pathophysiology: ... rest are late signs ... absence of other signs ... constrictive • Reduce fracture