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Recommended Vaccinations for Asplenic Patients - Before and After Splenectomy

#Management #Asplenic #Asplenia #Vaccinations #PrimaryCare #Vaccines #Splenectomy
Vaccinations for Asplenic ... #Management #Asplenic ... #Asplenia #Vaccinations
Traumatic Splenic Hematoma on LUQ FAST Exam

31 yo M. Minor blunt trauma from bicycle accident. No
Traumatic Splenic ... Minor blunt trauma ... @eabramsMD #Splenic ... Exam #Clinical #Ultrasound ... #Trauma #POCUS
Asplenia Management
 • Key Pathogens: H. influenzae type b, Neisseria meningitidis, Capnocytophaga spp, Malaria, Babesia
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Asplenia Management ... febrilepodcast #asplenic ... #Asplenia #Management
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
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
rheumatologic, trauma ... Post-splenectomy or Asplenia
Splenic Laceration 
Most commonly injured organ in BLUNT abdominal trauma 
Grade I
 - Laceration < 1
Splenic Laceration ... BLUNT abdominal trauma ... Grade I - Splenic ... devascularization #Splenic ... Laceration #Spleen #Trauma
RUSH Protocol: Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension

Infographic by Dr. Jonny Wilkinson @Wilkinsonjonny 

#RUSH #Protocol #Rapid
Protocol: Rapid Ultrasound ... Protocol #Rapid #Ultrasound ... Hypotension #Diagnosis #Trauma
Ultrasound - Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) - Probe Orientation #EM #Trauma #Radiology #POCUS
Ultrasound - Focused ... Sonography in Trauma ... Orientation #EM #Trauma
Common Elbow Trama - Overview
#Management #Ortho #Common #Elbow #Trauma #Table #Overview
Common Elbow Trama ... Common #Elbow #Trauma
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound in trauma
False positive for consolidated lung- organized clot in pleural space after
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound ... in trauma False ... Hemothorax #Thoracic #ultrasound ... #trauma #pulmonary