Ortho Flashcards
Compression fx
- Common in vertebrae, 1 bone against other
Comminuted fx
3 + fragments of fracture
Transverse fx
Perpendicular to long bone axis
Oblique fx
Slanted on shaft of long bone
Greenstick
Incomplete twisting, usually in children
Torus/ buckle fx
Compression of cortex- bulging of cortical bone
- Distal portion of radius
Soft tissue injuries
- Control hemorrhage
- Test PV and nerves distal
- Test joints
- Exposures, rhabdo
Ottawa knee rules
> 55
- Isolated patellar tenderness
- Fibular tenderness
- Unable to flex knee to 90
- Unable to bear weight
Ottawa ankle rules
- 5th metatarsal
- Navicular
- Posterior malleoli- lat and med
- inability to bear weight
Gout- Sx
1 joint, lE, 1st metatarsal MC
- Exquisite tenderness and erythema
- Urate crystals
- Negatively birefringent, needle shaped urate crystals
Gout- Tx
- NSAIDs- Indomethacin
- Colchicine (acute & chronic)
- Allopurinol
- Low purine diet
Pseudogout- Sx
- Calcium pyrophosphate deposition
- Acute, recurrent arthritis- knees and wrists
- Rhomboid shaped crystals, positivly birefringent
Pseudogout- Tx
- Intrarticular steroids
- NSAIDs, cholchicine
OA- Sx
- Weight bearing joints,
- Stiffness decreases with rest
- Best in AM, worst in PM
- Heberden nodule at DIP
- Bouchard nodule at PIP
- Imaging- narrow joint space, osteophyte formation
OA- Tx
NSAIDs, steroid injections
Drugs that induce hyperuricemia
- Loop & thiazide diuretics
- Aspirin
- Immunosuppressants- cyclosporine and tacrolimus
- Niacin
Hyperextension of C spine- MOA, Sx
Whiplash
- Neck pain
- Weakness, numbness, tingling
Hyperextension of C spine- Tx
RICE, PT, NSAID
Disc herniation- MOA/ Sx
L5-S1
- Degenerative or heavy lifting
- Back pain with sitting, numbers or weakness
- Worst at level of affected disc
- Cauda eqina
Disc herniation- Tx
- Bed rest, NSAIDs, injections, repair
Acute lumbosacral strain- MOA/ Sx
Poor lifting
- Pain and spasm in lower back muscles
- Dec. ROM
- No neuro changes
Acute lumbosacral strain- Tx
- PT
- Brief bed rest
Bicipital tenosynovitis- MOA, Sx
- Inflammation of long head bicep tendon
- Pain with lifting, anterior shoulder
- Yergason test
Bicipital tenosynovitis- Tx
PT, steroids
Rotator cuff tendonitis- MOA, Sx
- Pain with overhead activities, internal rotation
- Pain in front of shoulder
- Neer and Hawkins
Rotator cuff rupture- MOA, Sx
MC shoulder pain
- Trauma & overuse
- Weakness, atrophy and pain
- empty can, drop arm test
- Full PROM