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REBEL Core Cast 131.0 – Traumatic Arthrotomy

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vancomycin) If significant soft tissue injury, add gram negative coverage like late generation cephalosporin, extended-spectrum penicillin, or aminoglycoside (i.e. vancomycin) If significant soft tissue injury, add gram negative coverage like late generation cephalosporin, extended-spectrum penicillin, or aminoglycoside (i.e.

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EM@3AM: Extensor Tendon Laceration

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Answer : Extensor tendon laceration Epidemiology: Hand extensor injuries make up >25% of orthopedic soft tissue injuries 2, 3 Common in young men in manual labor Dominant hand more likely to be injured 4 2012 study on 86 patients reported 83% men with a mean age of 34.2 New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Medical; 2011:207-211.

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Pediatric Pain

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Some are simple comfort measures such as splinting (fracture or sprain), applying cold (acute soft tissue injury) or heat (non-traumatic, non-specific pain), or other targeted non-pharmacology. neutropenia) ( Babl 2011 , Dokko 2014 ). 2011 Jun;27(6):496-9. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2011. Acad Emerg Med.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 80: Traumatic Arthrotomy

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Functional outcomes Severe soft tissue injuries and damage to the bony structures => poor functional outcomes. 2011 Nov;71(5):E110-3. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Feb;466(2):432-5. PMID: 18196428. Feathers T, et al. Effectiveness of the saline load test in diagnosis of traumatic elbow arthrotomies. PMID: 21768902.

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Hand Examination & Pathology

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Soft tissue injuries are also very common and can also occur as children explore the world in younger years often trapping digits in doors and through accidents during play and sporting activities. A BestBets evidence review in 2011 looked at 4 published papers between 1948 & 2011.