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Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Chronic Shoulder ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... tests for the AC ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #MSK
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
ED arrival MSK ... dislocations (posterior shoulder ... - AC), rhabdomyolysis ... especially with AC ... Management #Emergency #Algorithm
Spondylosis - Pathogenesis and Complications

Vertebral disease that may compress the vertebral canal from all sides
Note: Do
vertebral canal from all ... #Spondylosis #pathophysiology ... #msk #complications
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Anterior Shoulder ... rotation of the shoulder ... #Anterior #Shoulder ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm
Pathophysiology:
- Catch-all term with a wide range of potential pathophysiologic mechanisms and causative
Maculopapular - Diagnostic Algorithm ... Pathophysiology ... : - Catch-all term ... - Pathophysiology ... Color #Targetoid #Algorithm
Adhesive Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

 • Primary (Idiopathic): Unknown etiology, but associated
Capsulitis (Frozen Shoulder ... ) or Prolonged shoulder ... pain • Shoulder ... FrozenShoulder #pathophysiology ... stages #staging #msk
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
R/O Pseudo-hyperkalemia:
 • Possible Lab error! Alwavs Repeat Blood sample!
 • Leukocytosis, Thrombocytosis:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (rare) *TTKG should ... principal cells should ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... potassium #high #pathophysiology
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Erythematosus (SLE), should ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
An Algorithm for ... active seizures is algorithmic ... and bag-valve mask ... Patients should ... detailed in the algorithm
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... Combined: • ACE-I ... ARB + CCB • ACE-I ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm