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Anterior Shoulder Dislocation - ED Management
The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated major joint, 95% of
Dislocation - ED ... procedural sedation and reduction ... injury, difficult reduction ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Antiplatelet Drugs and their Actions

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc
@AmyChung

#Antiplatelet #Medications #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology #Drugs #Agents #COX #GIIbIIIa
Antiplatelet Drugs ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Antiplatelet #Medications ... #Pharmacology # ... Pathophysiology
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Anterior Shoulder ... Overhead throwing => Abduction ... #Dislocation #Diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #pathophysiology
Drugs Implicated in Hemolytic Anemia
 • Hapten (Drug binding to RBC membrane): Penicillin, Cephalosporin, Tetracycline, Tolbutamide,
Drugs Implicated ... Autoantibody (induction ... #medications #Hemolytic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pharmacology #
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation on POCUS
POCUS diagnosis, intraarticular block, and confirmating reduction... then discharge. 

- VCU Ultrasound
Anterior Shoulder ... Dislocation on ... POCUS POCUS diagnosis ... and confirmating reduction ... #msk #ultrasound
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... variable tremor, mask ... risk • Tx: Dose reduction ... ; change medication ... #pharmacology #
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
capitate ("apple") should ... tea cup") which should ... sedation and emergent reduction ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced Hyperkalemia 
 • Direct renin inhibitor (Aliskiren)
 • Renin release inhibition (NSAIDs, Beta-Blockers)
Mechanisms of Drug-Induced ... #differential #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #pharmacology # ... potassium #medications
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS): Signs and Symptoms

Repetitive Overhead Activity, Scapular Dyskinesis -> Scapulohumeral mechanics become altered
Shoulder Impingement ... abduction + Neer's ... Syndrome #SIS #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #pathophysiology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
Redistribution:
 - IV glucose
 - Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis
 - IV hyperalimentation
 - Refeeding
- Small bowel resection ... renal disease Drugs ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #medications ... #drugs #pharmacology