EM Quick Hits 41 – IO Limitations, Missed Ectopic Pregnancy, Bronchiolitis O2 Monitoring, DRE in Cauda Equina Syndrome, Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Care
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Checking Rectal Tone for Caudal Quinus Syndrome
The next EM cases summit is February 2nd to 4th. You can tune in from anywhere in the world and tickets go and sale November 2nd at EM cases summit.com. The spinal cord ends with the conous medularis at the L1 or L2 vertebral level. It then continues as nerve roots, which look like a horse's tail,. hence the name caudal quinus. Any compression of these nerve roots within the vertebral canal can cause caudalQuin syndrome.
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