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Shoulder Dislocations - Emergency Department
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dislocate shoulder and seek medical attention and / or chronic pain syndromes. Require specialist management … and internally rotated against the body, with pain on abduction or rotation. Shoulder may have self-reduced prior …Shoulder Dislocations - Emergency Department …
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Proximal humeral fractures - Emergency Department
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injury with pain and loss of movement around the shoulder. There may be swelling and deformity … is reluctance to move the shoulder and pain. 5. What radiological investigations should be ordered … treatment for this fracture is immobilisation of the shoulder in a sling, body swathe or shoulder …
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Clavicle fractures - Fracture clinics
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of shoulder Loss of power with forward elevation - i.e. footballer 4. When should I refer for an orthopaedic … with loss of function or pain shortening in skeletally mature individual 5. What are the indications … for discharge? Patient can be discharged (usually at four weeks) when: fracture is stable and pain has subsided …
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Clavicle fractures - Emergency Department
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to the outer end of the clavicle (such as a fall onto the point of the shoulder during sporting activities …. What do they look like - clinically? Most present with pain, swelling and deformity along the line … of the sling commences at two weeks depending on pain control. 11. What advice should I give to parents …
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Serum Sickness and Serum Sickness like reactions (SSLRs)
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to be pruritic. Arthralgia – acute joint pain, limp or inability to walk. Fever – patients with true serum …, appearing in up to two-thirds of patients. The metacarpophalangeal, knees, wrists, ankles, and shoulder … – nearly always >38.5 SSLR – low-grade fever common Common. Up to 2/3 Knees, wrists, ankles, shoulders, MCP …
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Humeral shaft fractures - Fracture clinics
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? Check for pain and position of collar and cuff. Assess and document neurovascular status. Assess need … assessed and monitored. 5. What are the indications for discharge? Clinical union (defined by no pain …. Fractures around the shoulder and humerus. In Children's Orthopaedics and Fractures, 3 rd Ed. Benson M …
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Humeral shaft fractures - Emergency Department
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should be sought. 11. What advice should I give to parents? Pain from the fracture and restriction …, to reach a point when active mobilisation will be commenced. Family should be advised to re-attend if pain … Orthopedics , 4 th Ed. Saunders, Philadelphia 2008. p.2441-50. Hunter JB. Fractures around the shoulder …
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Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain
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shoulder tip pain Acute placental abruption Vaginal bleeding Abdominal and/or back pain Uterine …Adolescent gynaecology - lower abdominal pain … lower abdominal pain The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Internet Home About News Careers Shop …
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Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
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chest pain: severe and/or stabbing pain, radiating to ipsilateral shoulder and increasing …, pain or hypoxia) Age <12 years: may have less reliable reporting of symptoms and size calculations may …
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Cervical spine assessment
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including pain, paraesthesia and/or weakness should prompt further assessment and consideration of imaging … If there is no significant neck pain or tenderness and no abnormal neurology, assess the active range of movement of the neck …. Children should be able to move greater than 45 degrees to each side. Stop immediately if this causes pain …