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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... Anterior Cord Syndrome ... -> Anterior spinal ... -> Posterior spinal ... #pathophysiology
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... Seizure, coma, spinal ... cord injury (can ... compartment syndrome ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Diagnosis and Management ... , Compartment syndrome ... , Electrical injury ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Dermatomyositis) AKI - Pathophysiology
Posteromedial Instability on Knee Exam
This is what a knee with posteromedial instability looks like. Notice the
posteromedial injury ... Doubled over single ... the superficial MCL ... Instability #Knee #PhysicalExam ... #Injury #MSK #clinical
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Outpatient Hypertension Management ... Combined: • ACE-I ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Acute Kidney Injury ... #Hypertension #Management
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
• Initial Management ... - Remove all ... Syndrome usually ... after an acute injury ... cord injury, characterised
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
Krukenberg's Spindle ... on Slit Lamp Ocular ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... pigment dispersion syndrome ... #Ocular #PhysicalExam
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Patellofemoral pain syndrome ... deficiency etc) • Spinal ... Repetitive strain injury ... Trauma • Crush injury ... extremity #msk #physicalexam
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 ... algorithm #treatment #management