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Important Orthopedic Angles
 • Calcaneum Fracture: 
    - Bohler's Angle
- Bohler's Angle ... • Cobb’s angle ... incline = 22º (12 ... <2mm 7- Gap ... Orthopedics #Angles #diagnosis
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Check AP window ... contour Carina angle ... cervical rib Check lung ... Checklist #radiology #diagnosis
Achilles Tendon Rupture - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • The Achilles tendon is 15cm long in
tendon is 15cm long ... " - Palpable gap ... - Weakness to ankle ... TendonRupture #diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
HCO3)} Normal = 12 ... Delta: Delta = (AG-12 ... - Differential Diagnosis ... or restrictive lung ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... granulomas within the lungs ... Extrapulmonary: ankle ... abnormal LFT): 12 ... polyarthritis(symmetrical, ankles
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
on Transvaginal POCUS ... exam followed by POCUS ... (see below for diagnosis ... Live 12-week ruptured ... are seeing an IUP
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
) is IAP (>12 mmHg ... CO) and impedes lung ... Chronic (due to long ... POCUS) and function ... #Instructions #diagnosis
In the hospital: minimal improvement with abx for CAP. Lung US to the rescue. Diagnostic thora;
improvement with abx for CAP ... Lung US to the rescue ... Diagnostic thora ... IMUS_Spokane #Clinical #POCUS ... #Lung #Empyema
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... duration is 6 to 12 ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... This post will focus ... considering the diagnosis ... particularly ribs 9-12 ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung