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Back Braces: Are They Really Needed?

The Trauma Pro

There was no difference in pain, return to work, functional outcome, or instrumentation failure. Int J Burns Trauma 12(4):168-174, 2022. It looked at loss of deformity correction, return to work, functional improvement, instrumentation failure rate, pseudoarthrosis, and postop complications. A total of 76 studies were included.

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Paediatric Keloid Disorder

Don't Forget the Bubbles

A guide for the first contact clinician Jamie is 15 and presents to the ED 3 weeks after an operation following a left-sided shoulder dislocation. While all studies reported the primary injury leading to keloid formation, there was significant variability in study design and outcome measures. Burns [Internet]. Burns [Internet].

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Knee Dislocation (436 views) Knee dislocations are a rare but highly morbid condition for which Dr. Andrew Rogers (NUEM '22) and Dr. Amanda Randolph (NUEM '21) provide a streamlined approach to diagnosing and treating. Combined with active rewarming strategies, tPA use results in significantly improved outcomes.

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Grand Rounds Recap 3.8.23

Taming the SRU

mepivacaine (1-3 h) 1% lidocaine +/- epi (2-3h) 0.25% bupivacaine (2-3 h) 0.25-0.5% mg/kg IV Versed: 0.2 mg/kg IM, 0.2 mg/kg IN (may repeat to max of 0.4 mg/kg IN), 0.2