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Amsterdam Wrist Rules
Rules that dictate which patients require imaging based on the likelihood of wrist fracture
Amsterdam Wrist Rules ... Rules that dictate ... patient with wrist pain ... Amsterdam #Wrist #Rules ... #radiology #msk
Scaphoid Fractures
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Remember, if a fracture is suspected
Scaphoid Fractures ... anatomic snuffbox) but ... anatomic snuffbox, pain ... ED Management: Pain ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Triquetral Fracture ... Complications are rare but ... to distal ulna, pain ... ED Management: Pain ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Hamate Fracture on Wrist X-Ray

- point tenderness over the hamate should raise suspicion for a fracture,
Hamate Fracture ... suspicion for a fracture ... , and if plain films ... and fractures with ... WristXRay #Radiology #MSK
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... injury sites, Open Fracture ... Infectious joint pain ... See pathologic fractures ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE ... Radial head fractures ... be identified but ... ED Management: Pain ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Acute Abdominal Pain ... Diagnosis Algorithm Rule ... out surgical abdomen ... guarding, severe pain ... in a malrotated gut
Talus Fracture on POCUS
Athlete with hard landing on one foot, pain and tenderness over dorsum of
Talus Fracture on ... landing on one foot, pain ... showed talus neck fracture ... DrShukla14 #Talus #Fracture ... clinical #ultrasound #MSK
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Constant Pain ... Embolism (e.g. fractured ... Vessel (dislocation/fracture ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK
Orthopedic Fracture Classification - Pelvic and Lower Limbs
Letournel Classification Acetabular Fractures:
 • Simple Types: Anterior column,
Orthopedic Fracture ... of Femoral Head Fracture ... fragment is large but ... intact between the main ... Segmental fractures