Ep 175 Emergency Orthopedics Differential: SCARED OF Mnemonic – When X-rays Lie
Emergency Medicine Cases
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The Importance of Imaging for Septic Arthritis
The S of the scared mnemonic is for septic joint and our case of the middle aged woman with lupus on immunosuppressants is a good potential illustrative case. So let's get back to that case. We're thinking about the possibility of a septic hip. Now these are not easy to tap like a knee. So you know, we depend a bit more on imaging for the initial workup. The one question I had for Dr. Chata was, what would you look for on plane X-ray? What imaging tests would you do next if a plane X-rays is normal? Would you do ultrasound? Would youdo CT? Would you
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