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Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Classification of PCL Iniuries
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Ligament (PCL) Injury ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... test with the knee ... with the knee in ... #MSK #Sports #pathophysiology
Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Feeling a "pop"
 • Acute
Ligament (ACL) Injury ... Pathogenesis and clinical ... • Pain deep in knee ... + Anterior Drawer ... #Sports #pathophysiology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... , rhabdo/crush injury ... tourniquet / IVF line draw ... Cortisol+ACTH stim test ... only if no clear cause
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
is likely the best ... #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #treatment ... #respiratory #clinical
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... glucose suppression test ... or refractory cases ... Endocrinology #Treatment ... #Pathophysiology
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
DISLOCATION: ~25% cases ... (25%) TEST FOR: ... CLINICAL: instability ... lachmans, posterior drawers ... #msk #clinical
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Presentation: Injury ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... • Infectious causes
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... In critically injured ... fantastically useful test ... witnessed many cases ... #Management #Trauma
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... and sensitive tests ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
too often, the knee-jerk ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment