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Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
Be sure to assess ... prophylactic antibiotic treatment ... Discharge home with orthopedic ... #Hand #Orthopedics ... #MSK
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
most common (63%) Clinical ... Diagnosis: - MRI ... other imaging as ... needed Treatment ... #diagnosis #management
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
high index of clinical ... Autoimmune (SLE/APLS ... heart valves • MRI ... common, Aortic root abscess ... often seen • MRI
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... ), Epidural abscess ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Cortical Desmoid - MSK ... irregularity" are also ... Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK ... • MRI shows globular ... low-signal on all ... • Treatment for ... #mri #clinical
Who to block and who not to block? Guidelines for Emergency Regional Anesthesiafor Trauma Orthopedic Injuries
Block
surgery as soon ... as possible for ... document detailed neurologic ... neurovascular injury or clinical ... #Management #Regional
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
complete paralysis of all ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... axonal form • MRI ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Clinical ... features - Classic ... disease Imaging and Treatment ... CT/MRI of the thorax
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
MRI: Brain, cervical ... conditions listed in differential ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management