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Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... history taking (guided ... HEART score to guide ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis
Compartment Syndrome - 5 P's for circulation assessment

pain, pallor (pale skin tone), paresthesia (numbness feeling), pulselessness
assessment pain ... Compartment #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... Recommended Text: Bates' Guide
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
transient chest pain ... stressor (chest pain ... which can help guide ... #Diagnosis #Myocardial
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... progressive back pain ... PE: - Local pain ... for weakness, pain ... involvement - CT guided
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Evaluation to guide ... Pain control - ... gram Q6hr) and pain-dose ... Pancreatitis #Checklist #Diagnosis
Hip Arthrocentesis on POCUS
Septic patient with hip pain, why wait for IR? 
Instead perform #POCUS guided
patient with hip pain ... perform #POCUS guided ... arthrocentesis to expedite diagnosis
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
to screen and guide ... CAM-ICU) - Pain ... Syndrome #PICS #diagnosis
Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
" as this will guide ... punched as this will guide ... ED Management: Pain ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Pancreatitis - Diagnosis ... Epigastric abdominal pain ... ileus), consider pain-dose ... for a definitive guide ... to diagnosis and
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Obstructive) Diagnosis ... line: EUS only if diagnosis ... with EUS-guided ... • Abdominal pain ... #Pancreatitis #diagnosis