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Humeral Neck Fracture on POCUS

Elderly male presenting after fall with anterior shoulder deformity, suspicious for dislocation.
Humeral Neck Fracture ... on POCUS Elderly ... after fall with anterior ... humerus fractures ... #msk #humerus
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
depression in the humeral ... greater tuberosity fracture ... Bankart lesions (5%, fracture ... #Radiology #XRay ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
at an elbow x-ray ... review alignment (anterior ... #Elbow #Humerus ... #Radiology #XRay ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Humeral Head Growth Plate on POCUS

The humeral head is sitting in the glenoid without anterior or
Plate on POCUS ... glenoid without anterior ... mistaken for a fracture ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #MSK #Ultrasound
Hill Sachs Lesion of the posterior humeral head on Ultrasound

 A Hill–Sachs lesion, or Hill–Sachs fracture,
or Hill–Sachs fracture ... is dislocated anteriorly ... Ultrasound Site - MSK ... #Ultrasound #MSK ... #Orthopedics #POCUS
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
olecranon relative to humerus ... , complex = fracture ... , neuropraxia (anterior ... Posterior #Radiology #XRay ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Hill-Sachs Lesion on Ultrasound 

Unlike normal variant irregular bare area (arrowhead) under infraspinatus, a Hill-Sachs lesion
arrow) from prior anterior ... dislocation involves the humeral ... Lesion #Ultrasound #MSK ... #POCUS #Humerus ... Clinical #Comparison #XRay
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
2 years CHEST ... Tomography (CT) — Chest ... 6 months - Chest ... PatientInfo #Radiology #Background ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR
Rib Fracture on POCUS

Instead of poorly-sensitive and time-consuming chest xray for rib fracture, instead just “Point
POCUS Instead ... time-consuming chest ... xray for rib fracture ... #POCUS #ultrasound ... #msk #clinical
How much radiation is used in paediatric radiology examinations compared to other exposures?

Estimated dose - Days
dose - Days of background ... 4 days Chest ... X-ray 0.01 mSv 1 ... 8 months Chest ... Imaging #ChestXRay #CXR