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Cervical Paramedial Translaminar Peridural Block - POCUS Assisted Instructions

- Sergi Boada Pie
@Sebopi

#Cervical #Paramedial #Translaminar #Peridural #Block
Cervical Paramedial ... Translaminar Peridural ... Sebopi #Cervical #Paramedial ... #Translaminar #Peridural
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Spinal Epidural ... Abscess - Illness ... : IVDU, dental abscess ... endocarditis, epidural ... #Abscess #diagnosis
Complications of Staph Aureus Bacteremia
 • CNS Infections
 • Septic pulmonary embolism (0.9% - 18.8%)
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0.9% - 18.8%) • Epidural ... abscess (2.5%) ... • Iliopsoas abscess
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... ), Epidural abscess
Fig. 8.  Surface marking to guide needle insertion. In the paramedian sagittal (PS) oblique view,
In the paramedian ... approach to the epidural ... POCUS #Spinal #Epidural
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
• Trauma or epidural ... • Infection (abscess ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Infection: Cellulitis, Abscess ... nerve damage: - Epidural ... abscess - Herpes ... Inflammation/cellulitis/abscess ... lower #extremity #msk
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Herniated disc • Epidural ... abscessEpidural ... spondylosis • Epidural ... TB - Spinal abscess
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
• Infection: Epidural ... abscess, Vertebral ... Pyelonephritis, Perinephric abscess
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
Subperiosteal abscess ... tip -> Bezold abscess ... (Neck abscess between ... lobe, cerebellar, epidural ... , or subdural abscesses