Items tagged “emergencymedicine”
258 results found
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Polytrauma
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05 Dec 2011
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Polytrauma
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24 Dec 2011
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Acute appendicitis complicated by ovarian vein thrombophlebitis
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26 Dec 2011
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Rotator cuff tear
Rotator cuff tears are one of the most common causes of shoulder pain mostly in older patients.
Clinical presentation
The prevalence of tears increases with age. The most significant findings are impingement and "arc of pain" sign (pain while lowering the abducted arm) 1. Supraspinatus weaknes...
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Distended left iliopsoas bursa - causing acute femoral nerve palsy
Published
13 Jan 2012
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Acute appendicitis (transvaginal ultrasound)
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19 Jan 2012
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Traumatic chondral injury of the retropatellar knee joint
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20 Jan 2012
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MRI
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Meckel diverticulitis
Meckel diverticulitis is the inflammation of a Meckel diverticulum, which is the most common congenital structural abnormality of the gastrointestinal tract 3. Despite this, it is an uncommon cause of acute abdomen and is often not correctly diagnosed pre-operatively.
This article focuses on M...
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Acute acalculous cholecystitis
Published
18 Feb 2012
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Acute cardiac failure due to atrial fibrillation
Published
27 Feb 2012
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Acute calculous cholecystitis
Published
14 Dec 2020
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Posttraumatic scaphoid osteonecrosis
Published
25 Mar 2012
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MRI
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Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis refers to any form of inflammation involving the gallbladder and has many forms, including:
acute cholecystitis
acute acalculous cholecystitis
acute calculous cholecystitis
chronic cholecystitis
emphysematous cholecystitis
suppurative cholecystitis (gallbladder empyema)
xant...
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Traumatic vertebral artery dissection
Published
17 Apr 2012
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Acute osteomyelitis of the elbow
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19 Apr 2012
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Acute hemorrhagic stroke
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19 Apr 2012
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Central cord syndrome
Central cord syndrome is the most common type of incomplete spinal cord syndrome, usually, the result of trauma, accounting for ~10% of all spinal cord injuries. As the name implies, this syndrome is the result of damage to the central portion spinal cord and in the setting of trauma most common...
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Post-traumatic deformity of the medial orbital wall
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23 Apr 2012
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Peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm
Peripancreatic pseudoaneurysm refers to the formation of a pseudoaneurysm around the pancreatic gland. It is a rare but potentially lethal complication 5.
Epidemiology
Formation of pseudoaneurysm can occur in as many as 10% of cases of pancreatitis. The time interval is variable, ranging from ...
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Omental infarction
Omental infarction is a rare cause of acute abdomen resulting from vascular compromise of the greater omentum. This condition has a non-specific clinical presentation and is usually managed conservatively.
Along with epiploic appendagitis and perigastric appendagitis, the term omental infarctio...
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