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Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Anterior spinal artery ... vascular event ... Posterior spinal artery ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... Can also occur after ... event (low flow vascular ... retrosternal chest pain Diagnosis ... Esophageal #Necrosis #diagnosis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... diplopia) • Vascular ... infarction, coronary artery ... aneurysms Diagnosis ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Type 2 Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Lifestyle  Modifications (Diet and Exercise) -> Start
Diabetes - Screening, Diagnosis ... Secretagogues after ... • Presence of vascular ... Hypertension, Overweight, Abdominal ... Endocrinopathies (Cushing Syndrome
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
common), brachial artery ... injury (leads to ... ), compartment syndrome ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
 •
PULMONARY VASCULAR ... SYSTEMIC VASCULAR ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pathologic Causes: • Valvular ... circulation/High output ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Blunt Abdominal ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
INJURIES: 1.Popliteal artery ... Compartment syndrome ... consider compartment syndrome ... #msk #clinical ... #video #nsfw
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
failure • Dyspnea Vascular ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome ... Septic emboli cause injury ... than 5 to 7 days after ... #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... vascular complications ... improved to 90% after ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Radiology #CTChest