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Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury 
#Management #Peds #Trauma #Cervical #Spine #Injury #CSpine #Algorithm #PEMSource
Pediatric Cervical Spine ... Injury #Management ... Trauma #Cervical #Spine ... #Injury #CSpine ... #Algorithm #PEMSource
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... Seizure, coma, spinal ... compartment syndrome ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management ... #Emergency #Algorithm
Canadian C-spine Rule and Mnemonic
HIGH RISK FEATURES:
 - Sixty Five, Fast Drive, Sense Deprive?  Image,
Canadian C-spine ... Range the spine! ... #Management #Trauma ... Rule #Cervical #Injury ... Clearance #Mnemonic #Algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Toxins/Medications, Spinal ... Cord Injury Low ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... Algorithm Monotherapy ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Acute Kidney Injury ... #Algorithm #PrimaryCare
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... to local skin injury ... white matter, spinal ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... #diagnosis #management
Krukenberg's Spindle on Slit Lamp Ocular Examination

Krukenberg's Spindle = spindle-shaped deposit of pigment on the posterior
on Slit Lamp Ocular ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... #Ocular #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
regional pain syndrome ... Post-stroke • Spinal ... injury #Pain ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
• Initial Management ... Syndrome usually ... after an acute injury ... • Management: ... cord injury, characterised
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... below the site of injury ... below the site of injury ... MCTD, Sjogren syndrome ... differential #algorithm