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Acute Limb Ischemia - Diagnosis and Management
#Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm #Limb #Ischemia #Ischemic #Amputation
Limb Ischemia - Diagnosis ... and Management #Diagnosis ... Ischemia #Ischemic #Amputation
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
injuries, possible amputation ... Open #Fractures #Diagnosis
Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
PAD affects >230 million adults worldwide & is associated with increased
leg outcomes → amputation ... first-line test in the diagnosis ... TBI ≤ 0.70 is diagnostic ... #Disease #PAD #diagnosis
Acute and Critical Limb Ischemia
Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI):
 • Severe form of PAD that includes limb
of mortality & amputation ... Limb #Ischemia #diagnosis
Polycythemia vera, Essential thrombocythemia, Primary myelofibrosis Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Polycythemia vera → Blood JAK2 mutation screening
myelofibrosis Diagnosis ... vera → Blood JAK2 mutation ... thrombocythemia → Blood mutation ... marrow biopsy with mutation ... hematology #PV #ET #diagnosis
Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis

50-year-old man, kidney transplant, with post-transplant diabetes. Inpatient for pneumonia. It evolves with delirium,
confirmed the diagnosis ... underwent an urgent amputation
Gardner's Syndrome
Multiple pre-malignant colonic polyps with soft tissue & bony tumours. Associated with mutation to the
Associated with mutation ... APC #Polyposis #Diagnosis
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
elasticum, CYP24A1 mutation ... infantile), SLC34A1 mutation ... #differential #diagnosis
Diabetic foot infections (DFIs) is a common complication of longstanding diabetes, and it is associated with
lower extremity amputation ... on to require amputation ... lower extremity amputation ... lower extremity amputation
Hypocalcemia Laboratory Evaluation

Serum levels of PTH, phosphorus, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D can help differentiate between
receptor activating mutation ... Hyperparathyroidism #Diagnosis