Items tagged “emergencymedicine”

258 results found
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Post-traumatic subdural hygroma

  Diagnosis certain
Lawrence Josey
Published 15 May 2012
74% complete
CT
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Spigelian hernia - traumatic

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 27 May 2012
89% complete
CT
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Olecranon fracture

Olecranon fractures are clinically and radiographically obvious, and usually require open reduction and internal fixation. Mechanism Olecranon fractures occur as the result of one of four mechanisms 2: direct blow (or fall directly on the elbow) fall on outstretched hand with elbow flexed a...
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Subacute subdural hematoma

  Diagnosis certain
Ali Abougazia
Published 07 Jun 2012
95% complete
CT
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Traumatic diastasis of the lambdoid suture

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 10 Jun 2012
83% complete
CT
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Dinner fork deformity (wrist)

A dinner fork deformity, also known as a bayonet deformity, occurs as the result of a malunited distal radial fracture, usually a Colles fracture. The distal fragment is dorsally angulated, displaced and often also impacted. The term is descriptive, as the lateral view of the wrist is similar to...
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Acute PCA territory infarct - medial branch

  Diagnosis certain
Charlie Chia-Tsong Hsu
Published 19 Jun 2012
81% complete
MRI CT
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Artifact mimicking bilateral acute subdural hematomas

  Diagnosis certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 24 Jun 2012
92% complete
CT
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Choroidal detachment - traumatic

  Diagnosis probable
Alexandra Stanislavsky
Published 03 Jul 2012
65% complete
CT
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Diverticulitis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Frank Gaillard
Published 05 Jul 2012
71% complete
CT
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Post traumatic arteriovenous fistula

  Diagnosis almost certain
Mark Holland
Published 21 Jul 2012
49% complete
CT Ultrasound
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Acute bacterial prostatitis and abscess

  Diagnosis almost certain
Charlie Chia-Tsong Hsu
Published 05 Aug 2012
77% complete
CT
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Traumatic gastrointestinal hemorrhage

  Diagnosis certain
Ian Bickle
Published 14 Aug 2012
86% complete
CT
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Acute MCA territory infarct

  Diagnosis certain
Alexandra Stanislavsky
Published 17 Aug 2012
89% complete
Annotated image CT
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Plantar fascial medial band rupture

  Diagnosis almost certain
Chris O'Donnell
Published 21 Aug 2012
56% complete
MRI
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Pulmonary edema due to air embolism

Pulmonary edema due to air embolism is one for the uncommon causes of non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema. It usually occurs as an iatrogenic complication of an invasive procedure. Rarely, it may also be associated with open or closed chest trauma.  Pathology Air may enter into the low-pressure ve...
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Infected necrotizing pancreatitis

  Diagnosis almost certain
Mohammadtaghi Niknejad
Published 17 Dec 2012
77% complete
CT
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Emergency CT head (mnemonic)

A useful mnemonic which is used to read an emergency head CT scan is: Blood Can Be Very Bad Mnemonic Using a systematic approach will help to ensure that significant neuropathology will not be missed. B: blood look for epidural hematoma, subdural hematoma, intraparenchymal hemorrhage, ...
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Abdominal multiorgan trauma

  Diagnosis certain
Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Published 19 Feb 2013
74% complete
CT
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Thoracic aortic pseudoaneurysm

  Diagnosis probable
Mohammadtaghi Niknejad
Published 03 May 2013
74% complete
CT