4. MSK Flashcards
Flail Chest
Cause/PE/Tx/MC site
- Cause: Blunt trauma (3 or more adjacent ribs broken)
- PE
- inspiration - flail segment contract
- expiration - flail segment expands
- Tx: Supportive care (NO CHEST WRAPPING)
- 2 or more possible internal damage, should admission
- MC rib fx - 4-9
- Rib 1-2 - serious
- Rib 9-12 - liver, spleen damage
Compartment syndrome
Cause/Sx/PE/Tx
- Cause: tibial fx
- Sx: out of proportion pain
- PE
- 6 p’s
- Pallor
- Pain
- Pulselessness
- Paralysis (muscle function is gone)
- paresthesia (abnormal dermal sensation)
- poikilothermia (unable to control body temp)
- 6 p’s
- Dx: intracompartmental pressure >30-45 (normal 0-10), Delta pressure 30>, Lab: CK/Myoglobin
- Tx: Emergent fasciotomy
Osteoarthritis
Cause/Sx/PE/Dx/Tx
- Cause: Age related
- Sx: Joint pain with activity
- PE: PIP (Bouchard), DIP (heberden)
- Dx: X-ray (joint narrowing)
- Tx: NSAID, corticosteriod
Osteomyelitis
Cause/Sx/Dx/Tx
- Cause: infection
- General - Staph A
- Sickle cell - salmonella
- cat/dog - pasteurella multocida
- Puncture wound - pseudoma
- Sx: pain over bone, fever
- Dx: X-ray (initial), MRI (best), Bone aspiration (Gold)
- Tx: Abx (2-6 week) - IV for 2 weeks
- Staph A - Nafcillin
- MRSA - Vanco
- Puncture - cipro
- Sickle cell - cipro
- Cat/dog - ampicillin, augmentin
- Spread
- hematogenous - children
Septic arthritis
Cause/Sx/Dx/Tx
- Cause: Staph A infection
- Sx: Fever, joint pain, swelling
- Dx: Arthrocentesis (WBC 50,000 PMN)
- Tx: Gram + - nafcillin, Gram - (Gonorrhea) - Ceftx
Rhabdomyolysis
Cause/Sx/Dx/Tx
- Cause: injury muscle releave CK or myoglobin to blood stream -> kidney
- Sx: edema
- Dx: CK level(initial) , Urine Dark (myoglobin but NO RBC)
- hypocalcemia, Hyperkalemia - ECG check
- Tx: IVF, bicarbonate
- Complications: DIC, ARF, compartment syndrome
Avascular necrosis
Cause/Common site/Dx
- Cause: Corticosteriod use
- Femoral head is common site
- Dx: MRI
Develomental dysplasia of the hip
Cause/PE/Dx/Tx
- Cause: decreased pressure of the femoral head against acetabulum
- PE
- Galeazzi - flex hip both knee not even (postivie)
- Barlow - dislocation occur when adduction
- Ortolani - dislocation occur when abduction
- Dx: US
- Tx: Pavlik harness
Hip dislocation
Cause/MC site/PE/Tx
- Cause: MC MVA trauma
- MC site: Posterior
- PE: leg shorten internal rotated - sciatic nerve injury
- Tx: Emergent reduction
Hip Fx
MC common site/PE/Dx/Tx
- MC common site: Femoral neck
- PE: leg shorten external rotated
- Dx: MRI
- Tx: ORIF
Prepatella bursitis
Cause/PE/Dx/Tx
- Cause: chronic kneeling (house maids knee)
- PE: Dome shape swelling
- Dx: Aspiration to rule out septic, inflammation
- Tx: NSAID, steriod injection
Patella dislocation
Cause/PE/Tx
- Cause: twisting injury
- MC common: lateral dislocation
- PE: patella displaced, apprehension sign (push laterally patient contract qudriceps
- Tx: Closed reduction and knee immobilizaer
Patella fx
Cause/Dx/Tx/Special comment
- Cause: Direct Trauma
- Dx: Sunrise view x-ray
- Tx
- Nondisplaced - knee immobilize x 6 weeks
- Displaced - surgery
- Special comment: bipartitie patella - if both broken part is not sharp and smooth the means not related to trauma
Knee dislocation
Cause/Dx/Tx
- Cause
- MC anterior - hyperextension
- Posterior - knee flexed and anterior tibia blow
- Dx: X-ray
- Nerve - common peroneal
- Artery - Popliteal artery
- Tx: Emergent reduction
Meniscus injury
Cause/Sx/PE/Dx/Tx
- Cause: Twisting
- Sx: Knee locking, effusion after activity
- PE: McMurray (tibia externally or internally rotate pop or click)
- Dx: MRI
- Tx: NSAID, PT
MCL vs LCL
PE/Tx
- PE
- MCL - vaLgus
- LCL - vaRus
- Tx: NSAID, complete tear - surgical
ACL vs PCL
Cause/Sx/PE/Tx
ACL
- Cause: Sports related Pivoting injury (MC knee ligament injury)
- Sx: audiable pop, swelling
- PE: Lachman
- Tx: Surgical
PCL
- Cause: Dashboard injury (hit proximal anterior tibial when knee flexed)
- Sx: dull aching pain and swelling
- PE: Posterior drawer test
- Tx: surgical
Ankle sparin
Cause/MC site/Sx/Dx/Tx
Ankle dislocation
MC type/Tx
- Cause: foot inversion
- MC site: ATFL (ankle talofibular ligament)
- Sx: Swelling and tenderness
- Dx: Ottawa ankle rule (x-ray)
- Tenderness Posterior tip of lateral or medial malleoulus
- Tenderness on navicular, fifth metasal (mid foot)
- Inability to bear weight 4 step
- Tx: PRICE (Protect, rest, ice, compress,elevation)
- MC type: Posterior
- Tx: close reduction
Type of fracture
SALTR
- Type of fx
- open - bone expose to outside
- Closed - fx inside
- SALTR
- Slipped
- Above
- Low
- Through
- Rammed
Lisfranc injuries vs Jones and Psedo jones fx
PE/Tx
Lisfranc
- PE: Pain tenderness at base of 2nd metatarsal (Malunion possible)
- Tx: Surgical
Jones and Pseudo jones fx
- PE: Fifth metatarsal diaphysis fx (Jone), Avulsion (pseudo jone)
- Tx: Cast 6-8weeks (Jone), 2-3weeks (pseudo jone)
Morton’s neuroma
Cause/Sx/Dx/Tx
- Cause: Painfull mass at 3rd metatarsal head
- Sx: Pain with walking
- Dx: MRI
- Tx: Wide shoes, Glucocorticoid injection -> Surgical remove if failed 1st tx
Bunion vs Hammer
Joint involve/Tx
- Bunioin
- Location: 1st metatarsal deviation
- Tx: Wide shoes, surgical if failed 1st tx
- Hammer toe
- Location: 2-4th metatarsal PIP flex DIP extend
- Tx: Wide shoes, surgical if failed 1st tx
Tarsal tunnel syndrome
Cause/Sx/Tx
- Cause: posterior tibial nerve compressed
- Sx: Numbness at medial malleolus heel and sole
- PE: Tinel sign
- Tx: NSAID, corticosteriod inject
Plantar fasciitis
Cause/Sx/PE/Tx
Children with heal pain?
- Cause: inflammation of plantar fascia
- Sx: heel pain, tenderness worse at night
- Dx: X-ray normal, flat foot
- Tx: Rest, Ice, NSAID
Sever disease, 8-12yo, self limied
Foot Stress fx
Cause/Location/Dx/Tx
- Cause: overuse foot (athletes & military)
- Location: 3rd metatarsal
- Dx: X-ray normal
- Tx: Rest
Baker’s cyst
Cause/Sx/Tx
- Cause: fluid effision is displaced with cyst formation
- Sx: Painless cyst at knee
- Tx: ICE, rest, NSAID
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Cause/Sx/PE/Tx
- Cause: Rapid growth at tibial tuberosity 10-15 yo
- Sx: Knee Pain when runs
- PE: Tenderness over tibial tuberosity
- Tx: ICE, Rest, NSAID
Patellofemoral syndrome
Sx/Dx/Tx
- Sx: knee pain behind or around the patella (usually runner)
- Dx: Apprehension sign
- Tx: NSAID, rest
ITB syndrome
Sx/Dx/Tx
- Sx: lateral knee pain (runner)
- Dx: Ober test
- Tx: NSAID, rest