Ep 175 Emergency Orthopedics Differential: SCARED OF Mnemonic – When X-rays Lie
Emergency Medicine Cases
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The Importance of Pre-Test Probability in Orthopedic Surgery
"Scared ovenomonic 4F" is a fracture that is radiographically occult. It's important to pick up Achilles for sure, but if the diagnosis is missed then it's like a missed diagnosis. We don't just take a normal x-ray and say it's not fractured, it really depends on how worried we are. This is evidence-based critical appraisal by Dr Rohit Mohindra once a month.
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