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Dx
elderly woman with a history of cholelithiasis and recurrent abdominal pain and vomiting
gallstone ileus
60 yo woman who leaks urine when laughing or coughing
what are her nonsurgical options
Dx: stress incontinence

NONSURGICAL OPTIONS:
topical estrogen creams
kegel exercises
pessary
what is the late, life-threatening complication of CML
BLAST CRISIS
fever
bone pain
splenomegaly
what are the classic symptoms of carpel tunnel
WRIST PAIN
radiates up the arm
worsens with hand flexion/grasping

DECREASED HAND STRENGTH

NUMBNESS IN FIRST 3 1/2 DIGITS:
(i.e. thumb, index, middle & 1/2 of ring finger)

THENAR MUSCLE ATROPHY

TINNEL'S &/OR PHALEN'S SIGNS
what scenarios favor an anterior shoulder dislocation
blow to abducted, externally rotated, & extended arm (e.g. blocking a basketball shot)
what scenarios favor a posterior shoulder dislocation
blow to anterior shoulder

seizure --> fall & land on shoulder

electrocution
what nerve is damaged:
claw hand
ulnar
what nerve is damaged:
ape hand
median
what nerve is damaged:
wrist drop
radial
what nerve is damaged:
scapular winging
long thoracic
what nerve is damaged:
unable to wipe bottom
thoracodorsal
what nerve is damaged:
loss of forearm pronation
median
what nerve is damaged:
cannot abduct or adduct fingers
ulnar
what nerve is damaged:
loss of shoulder abduction
axillary
what nerve is damaged:
weak external rotation of arm
suprascapular/axillary
what nerve is damaged:
loss of elbow flexion & forearm supinaiton
musculocutaneous
what nerve is damaged:
loss of wrist extension
radial
what nerve is damaged:
trouble initiating shoulder abduction
suprascapular
what nerve is damaged:
unable to abduct beyond 10 degrees
axillary
what nerve is damaged:
unable to abduct beyond horizontal
long thoracic/ spinal accessory
what nerve may be injured:
fracture of shaft of humerus
radial
what nerve may be injured:
fracture of surgical neck of humerus
axillary
what nerve may be injured:
supracondylar humerus fracture
median
nerve most likely injured:
fracture of medial epicondyle
ulnar
what nerve may be injured:
anterior shoulder dislocation
axillary
what nerve may be injured:
injury to carpel tunnel
median
what nerve may be injured:
injury to distal radius
median
Rx for scaphoid fracture
THUMB SPICA SPLINT then CAST:
4-6 wks distal fxr
10-12 wks middle fxr
12-20 wks proximal fxr (highest risk of necrosis)

if displaced, OPEN-REDUCTION
what fractures are a/w ruptured thoracic aorta
RIB FRACTURES
(1st & 2nd ribs have high incidence of cervical spine & vascular injuries)

SCAPULAR FRACTURES

STERNAL FRACTURES
what is the difference between monteggia fracture and galeazzi fracture
MONTEGGIA
anterior dislocation of radial head with fracture of proximal ulnar diaphysis

GALEAZZIA
dislocation of distal radial-ulnar joint (DRUJ) with fracture of radial diaphysis
complication a/w fracture/injury:
fall of outstretched hand --> snuffbox tenderness
avascular necrosis (scaphoid fracture)
complication a/w fracture/injury:
anterior shoulder dislocation
axillary nerve and artery
complication a/w fracture/injury:
fracture of 5th metacarpal neck
abscess (i.e. "fight bite")
complication a/w fracture/injury:
humerus fracture
radial nerve
complication a/w fracture/injury:
hip fracture
DVT (short-term)

avascular necrosis (long-term)
complication a/w fracture/injury:
femur fracture
severe blood loss

fat emboli
complication a/w fracture/injury:
tibial fracture
compartment syndrome
complication a/w fracture/injury:
pelvic fracture
hypovolemic shock
What is the appropriate antibiotic coverage of an open fracture
GRADE I OR II:
Cefazolin (or other 1st gen Ceph's)

GRADE III (extensive soft tissue damage &/or high contamination):
Cefazolin + AMG

FARM INJURY:
Cefazolin + AMG + PCN (for anaerobic coverage)