Emergency Medicine Cases

Ep 175 Emergency Orthopedics Differential: SCARED OF Mnemonic – When X-rays Lie

Oct 25, 2022

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Importance of History and Physical in Orthopedic Injuries

4min

How to Interpret X-Rays in Orthopedic Emergency

2min

The Importance of Lumbar Spine X-Rays

6min

The Importance of Imaging for Septic Arthritis

2min

X-Ray for Suspected Septic Arthritis of the Hip

2min

The Importance of Ultrasound for Septic Arthritis

2min

How to Approach a Patient With Septic Arthritis

6min

The Importance of Timed Antibiotics

2min

10.

The Role of Imaging in the Diagnosis of Compartment Syndrome

2min

11.

The Role of Ultrasound in Compartment Syndrome

2min

12.

The Importance of Feeling Normal in the Emergency Department

4min

13.

The Five P's of Compartment Syndrome

4min

14.

The Different Types of Fractures on Chest X-Ray

3min

15.

The Importance of Touching Patients in Orthopedics

2min

16.

The Fear of Mnemonic

4min

17.

How to Diagnose a Posterior Shoulder Dislocation

6min

18.

How to Diagnose a Knee Injury

3min

19.

Ankle X-Ray and Mortise View

2min

20.

The Importance of Osteostructure in Pediatric Elbow

2min

21.

The Importance of Surgery in Soft Tissue Injuries

3min

22.

The Importance of Pre-Test Probability in Orthopedic Surgery

5min

In this main episode podcast, Dr. Arun Sayal creator of the CASTED course and Dr. Yatin Chadha a radiologist with a fellowship in MSK radiology, join Anton for Part 1 of 2 podcasts on Emergency Orthopedic Injuries. This episode focuses on a differential diagnosis of MSK injuries that are occult to X-ray with the help of the SCARED OF mnemonic. It ensures we pick up all the “can’t miss” diagnoses that can be easily overlooked when we do not integrate a pointed history and physical exam with the X-ray in front of us. Essentially, we discuss ‘when X-rays lie’ and offer up a variety of clinical pearls and pitfalls in assessing patients in the ED with MSK presentations…