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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... syndrome • Shin splints ... (Risks: Recent surgery ... #Leg #pain #differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Mycotic aneurysm • Splinter ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... Antibiotics • Surgery ... Viridans Surgery
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... Mycotic aneurysm • Splinter ... antibiotics • Surgery ... Viridans Surgery ... #Endocarditis #Differential
Hamate Fracture on Wrist X-Ray

- point tenderness over the hamate should raise suspicion for a fracture,
fractures can be splinted ... ED with a volar splint ... ultimately require surgery
PocketPEM - Splints #Peds #Ortho #EM #Splints #PocketCard #PocketPEM
PocketPEM - Splints ... Peds #Ortho #EM #Splints
Acute Chest Pain: a basic differential diagnosis to consider, and key points

#Chestpain; #STEMI; #NSTEMI; 

Image Source:
Pain: a basic differential ... consider, and key points ... Surgery: A case ... New York: Springer
Embolic manifestations of endocarditis - Splinter hemorrhages - nail bed hemorrhages not extending the length of
endocarditis - Splinter ... #Endocarditis #Splinter
Clinical Features of Infective Endocarditis

General 
 - Malaise 
 - Clubbing 

Cardiac 
 - Murmurs
Osler's nodes - Splinter ... - Conjunctival splinter
Skin Findings in Endocarditis - Skin findings include palpable petechiae, splinter hemorrhages (nail bed lesions), Janeway
palpable petechiae, splinter ... #Endocarditis #Splinter
Differential of hypercortisolism
Image Source: De Virgilio, C., Grigorian, A., & Frank, P. N. (2015). Surgery: A
Differential of ... Surgery: A case ... New York: Springer ... #surgery; #endocrine ... hypercortisolism; #differential