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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Amsterdam Wrist ... likelihood of wrist ... a patient with wrist ... fracture #radiology #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis
Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
Presentations • Wrist ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #Orthopedics
POCUS Reference Measurements
 • Gallbladder
 • Urinary Bladder
 • GI Tract
 • Pregnancy
 • Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve • MSK ... #Measurements #Ultrasound ... #Echocardiogram ... #Diagnosis
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Effusion - Diastolic Right ... Collapse - Systolic Right ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
D-Sign on Ultrasound ... Right Ventricular ... Pocus101 #DSign #Ultrasound ... #echocardiogram ... #psax #diagnosis
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
Dislocation On lateral wrist ... swelling to dorsal wrist ... , pain with wrist ... #Dislocation #Wrist ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Most Common Carpal Bone Fractures by Frequency
 • Scaphoid - 50-80%
 • Triquetral - 5-20%
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Bone #Fractures #wrist ... frequency #radiology #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis
Example of 4th wrist extensor compartment tenosynovitis, note marked synovial hypertrophy and effusion in the tendon
Example of 4th wrist ... The Ultrasound Site ... - MSK ultrasound ... mskultrasound #wrist ... #msk #pocus
Age of Ossification of Carpal Bones
Capitate - 1 Month
Hamate - 2 Months
Triquetral - 3 Years
Lunate -
anti-clockwise for the RIGHT ... Carpal #Bones #wrist ... radiology #mnemonic #diagnosis ... #msk #pediatrics
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Point of Care Ultrasound ... - Right Ventricular ... Hypertrophy - Right ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram