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Monteggia Fracture 
Fracture of proximal ulnar shaft with radial head dislocation. Remember “MUGR” to recall where
swollen elbow and forearm ... • Nonoperative managernent ... #Forearm #Ulnar ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Diagnosis #Management
Galeazzi Fracture 
Fracture of distal radial shaft with distal radial-ulnar joint disruption. Remember “MUGR” to recall
Exam: swollen forearm ... #Forearm #Radius ... Radial #Distal #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Distal Radius Fracture 
Distal radius fracture is the most common orthopedic injury. Here's a quick summary.
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injury) • ED Management ... #Forearm #Radial ... Colles #Distal #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
calculating the risk ... the ED to help focus ... identifying low risk ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
cardiovascular risk ... serum creatinine, test ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
GRACE-1 Guidelines for Adult Patients with Recurrent Low-Risk Chest Pain

1) Pain > 3 hours - A
Normal stress test ... years - No further diagnostic ... and depression management ... GRACE #Guidelines #cardiology ... #management
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... This post will focus ... considering the diagnosis ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Radiology #CTChest
If the patient has a HEART Score of 0-3 and a negative initial troponin, have a
second troponin test ... single troponin value ... a provocative test ... #Management #PatientInfo ... #Cardiology #ChestPain