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Traumatic Splenic Hematoma on LUQ FAST Exam

31 yo M. Minor blunt trauma from bicycle accident. No
Traumatic Splenic ... Minor blunt trauma ... No obvious injury ... Clinical #Ultrasound #Trauma ... #POCUS
Splenic Laceration 
Most commonly injured organ in BLUNT abdominal trauma 
Grade I
 - Laceration < 1
Splenic Laceration ... Most commonly injured ... BLUNT abdominal trauma ... Grade I - Splenic ... Laceration #Spleen #Trauma
AAST spleen / splenic injury scale 

- Morgan Pinkston Eutermoser
@DenvERdgmd

#Diagnosis #Traumatic #Spleen #Splenic #Injury #Rupture #Scale
AAST spleen / splenic ... injury scale ... Traumatic #Spleen #Splenic ... #Injury #Rupture
Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Thoracic Trauma ... Tracheobronchial Injury ... • Esophageal Injury ... Blunt Cardiac Injury ... Blunt Thoracic Injury
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
below level of injury ... spinal artery injury ... below level of injury ... Medullaris Syndrome -> Trauma ... tumour causing injury
Etiology of Splenic Infarction:
 • Hypercoagulability: Factor V Leiden, Antiphospholipid syndrome, Malignancy
 • Embolic disease: Atrial
Etiology of Splenic ... endocarditis • Trauma ... cell disease • Splenic ... artery aneurysm, Splenic ... compression • Splenic
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Arterial Injury

- Dr. Tom Fadial @thame

#Arterial #Injury #Evaluation #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Vascular
Evaluation of Arterial Injury ... thame #Arterial #Injury ... Diagnosis #Vascular #Trauma
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
rheumatologic, trauma ... Post-splenectomy or Asplenia
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Blunt Thoracic Trauma

- Dr. Tom Fadial @thame 

#Blunt #Cardiac #Injury #Thoracic
Blunt Thoracic Trauma ... Blunt #Cardiac #Injury ... #Thoracic #Trauma
Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury 
#Management #Peds #Trauma #Cervical #Spine #Injury #CSpine #Algorithm #PEMSource
Cervical Spine Injury ... Management #Peds #Trauma ... Cervical #Spine #Injury