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URGENT PRESENTATIONS - Coggle Diagram
URGENT PRESENTATIONS
Epidural Abscess
Presentation
triad of fever, back/neck pain and neurological deficits
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Risk Factors
Diabetes, trauma, indwelling spinal catheter, renal failure, alcohol abuse and endocarditis
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Presentation
bowel or bladder dysfunction, bilateral sciatica & saddle anaesthesia
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Ruptured AAA
Presentation
Triad of abdominal +/- back pain, pulsatile abdominal mass and hypotension
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Acute Pancreatitis
Presentation
sudden onset epigastric LUQ pain radiating to back, nausea, vomiting, fever and jaundice
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Trauma
Management
X rays: AP pelvis, cervical spine, AP & Lateral lumbar spine.
If neurological compromise do emergency CT