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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 ... fracture #radiology #msk ... #orthopedics #diagnosis
Chest pain, good story, but nonspecific ECG? Do a bedside echo: regional WMAs support your case
Chest pain, good ... story, but nonspecific ... Clinical #Diagnosis #POCUS
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Cardiomyopathy on POCUS ... Acute delirium but ... complaining of chest ... pain ECG: non ... specific TWI in chest
Piriformis Test (FAIR Test - Flexion, Adduction, and Internal Rotation)

Flex the hip to 90 degrees, then
hip, stretching out ... Pain in the sciatic ... #physicalexam #msk ... #sports #orthopedics
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Complications are rare but ... to distal ulna, pain ... ED Management: Pain ... Discharge with orthopedic ... #Sports #MSK
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
radius "saucer" but ... dorsal wrist, pain ... ED Management: Pain ... Disposition: Pending orthopedic ... #Sports #MSK
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
hot, swollen, pain ... osteoarthritis, gout ... parenteral Abx, Orthopedics ... * If unable to rule ... out septic arthritis
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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diagnosis can be made, rule ... out: focal mass ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK
Scaphoid Fractures
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Remember, if a fracture is suspected
anatomic snuffbox) but ... anatomic snuffbox, pain ... ED Management: Pain ... follow-up with Orthopedics ... #Sports #MSK
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint Pain ... Monoarticular • Gout ... -4 joints) • Gout ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Orthopedics