Muskuloskeletal Flashcards
management of pyogenic tenosynovitis
w/in 48 hrs: ATBs and splinting
later, more severe: ATBs and surgical drainage
adolescent girl w/ anterior knee pain
patellofemoral pain syndrome
sxs of patellofemoral pain syndrome
pain up and down stairs
difficulty abducting hip
pain up and down stairs
difficulty abducting hip
patellofemoral pain syndrome
1st step in evaluating stress fracture
x ray
scaphoid fone fracture types and management
middle or distal 1/3: thumb spicca cast 10-12 weeks for union
proximal 1/3: send to ortho
only meds that prevent hip fracture
alendronate
risendronate
zoledronic acid
pain in lateral hip associated w/
tronchanteric bursitis
hip pain w/ FADIR (flexion, adduction, internal rotation)
femoroacetabular impingement
hip pain w/ FABER (flexion, abduction, external rotation)
osteoarthritis
imaging for septic arthritis
ultrasound (to detect effusion)
female athlete triad
amenorrhea
osteoporosis
disordered eating
best imaging for osteomyelitis
MRI
Ottawa ankle rules (when to order x rays)
maleolar pain
bone tenderness distal 6 cm of posterior edge or tip of med or lat malleolus
can’t bear wt for 4 steps immediately after or in ED
midfoot pain
bone tender 5th metatarsal or navicular
lab to determine vit D deficiency
25-OH vit D
absence of passive plantar flexion when calf squeezes
Achilles tendon rupture
osteoporosis med that decr risk of BRCA
raloxifene (SERM)
4th finger w/ pitting of skin and nodule
Dupuytren’s contracture