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What injury do you suspect in a patient with acute knee pain and an anterior drawer sign? |
ACL Injury
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What injury do you suspect in a patient with acute knee pain and a posterior drawer sign?
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PCL injury
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What injury do you suspect in a patient with acute knee pain and abnormal passive abduction (valgus stress)?
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MCL injury
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What injury do you suspect in a patient with acute knee pain and abnormal passive adduction (varus stress)?
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LCL injury
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What injury do you suspect in a patient with acute knee pain and pain on external rotation (McMurray test)?
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Medial Meniscus injury
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What injury do you suspect in a patient with acute knee pain and pain on internal rotation (McMurray test)?
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Lateral Meniscus injury
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What is a common injury in contact sports due to lateral force applied to a planted leg?
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Unhappy Triad:
- Classically: damage to ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus - More common: ACL, MCL, and lateral meniscus |
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How do you determine which ligament is the ACL vs PCL?
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- ACL attaches anteriorly to TIBIA
- PCL attaches posteriorly to TIBIA |
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What important landmark can guide you when doing a pudendal nerve block? Function?
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- Ischial spines
- Used to relieve pain of delivery |
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What is the classic location of the appendix?
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- 2/3 of the distance between the umbilicus and the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS)
- just proximal to the ASIS (McBurney point) |