Department of Emergency Medicine

Lecture

This lecture is a part of "Weekly Conference" - Jan 15, 2020

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Pediatric Orthopedics 101
Shock trauma Auditorium
• Epiphyseal growth plate is the weakest part of the bone in children leading to Salter-Harris Fractures. • Bones lengthen quickly before muscles and tendons catch up. • Salter-Harris II fractures of the femur have a high complication rate. • Greenstick fracture: only one side of bone fractured, usually in bone shaft. • Avulsion fractures of hips seen in skeletally immature as the ligament pulls on the bone. • SCFE exam: limited internal rotation. Get bilateral hip films as it often becomes bilateral.
Orthopedics
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Scheduling
Jan 15, 2020 - 9:45 am
45 minutes
45 minutes
Lecture Schedule
Lecture Schedule for Weekly Conference - Jan 15, 2020 - 7:30 am
Critical Care - Critical Care Articles You've Got to Know! 7:30 am - 8:30 am (1 hour)
Otolaryngology - Peritonsillar Abscess Pearls 8:45 am - 9:30 am (45 minutes)
Pediatric Orthopedics 101 9:45 am - 10:30 am (45 minutes)
EM/IM/CC - My Achy Breaky HEART 10:45 am - 11:30 am (45 minutes)
Cardiovascular - ITE Review – Cardiology 11:45 am - 12:30 pm (45 minutes)
Additional Info
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• 1) Understand the physiologic and structural differences between pediatric and adult bone • 2) Be able to identify and diagnose common presentations of hip and lower extremity pathology • 3) Become comfortable identifying hip impingement as a cause of hip pain • 4) Be able to differentiate types of 5th metatarsal fractures
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