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Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
to assess for wounds ... clarify if these wounds ... • Mechanism: Closed ... well as provide wound ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
ECG Cheat Sheet

ECG rapid view: It is organized roughly how one would typically read an ECG.
Sheet ECG rapid view ... roughly how one would ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Adie's) Pupil (Ciliary ... pilocarpine • Pharmacologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
Intestinal or biliary ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... medications #drugs #pharmacology
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
is stable and wound ... is closed (may ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Neurologic review ... with transmitting sound ... of mechanical sound ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
trypomastigotes enter bite wound ... cells at bite wound ... Amastigotes multiply by binary ... Tcruzi #LifeCycle #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... auto-transfusion and relief ... should be done on diagnosis ... Serial TTE and close ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
Definition: No etiology found ... Work-up of BCNIE relies ... BCNIE Diagnostic ... #Endocarditis #diagnosis
Dilated Common Bile Duct on POCUS
50's yo patient with RUQ abd pain. Vitals stable/afebrile. Labs: WBC
Found to have mass ... Diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma ... Good review article ... ultrasound #clinical #biliary