Fracture Management for Primary Care and Emergency Medicine

Description:

Evaluate and treat common fractures and know when to refer uncommon ones to a specialist. This quick, practical resource presents detailed illustrations, video, and current best evidence for imaging and treating fractures so you can make accurate identifications and manage patients with confidence.

• Quickly find the information you need through a systematic, logical approach to each fracture.
• Accurately identify fractures through an extensive selection of imaging examples.
• Apply splints and reduce dislocations successfully thanks to detailed descriptions, illustrations, and narrated video.
• Tap into the latest best practices through evidence-based coverage and updated references.
• Effectively manage emergency situations using guidelines for emergent referral, greater detail regarding methods for closed reductions for fractures and dislocations, and more.
• Benefit from expanded content specifically for the emergency medicine setting, including CT, MRI, and ultrasound imaging, procedural sedation, and discharge reassessment.

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1. Fracture management in primary care and emergency medicine settings

· · Primary care physicians

· · Emergency medicine physicians

· · Nurse practitioners and physician assistants

· · References

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2. General principles of fracture care

· · Bone composition

· · Fracture healing

· · Potential fracture sites

· · Fracture description

· · Fracture selection and referral guidance

· · Overview of acute management

· · Overview of definitive care

· · Late fracture complications

· · Management of pediatric fractures

· · References

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3. Finger fractures

· · Distal phalanx fractures

· · Mallet finger

· · Flexor digitorum profundus avulsion (Jersey finger)

· · Distal interphalangeal joint dislocation

· · Middle phalanx shaft fractures (adult)

· · Middle phalanx fractures (pediatric)

· · Proximal interphalangeal joint injuries

· · Avulsion of the central slip of the extensor tendon (boutonniere injury)

· · Lateral avulsion fractures

· · Proximal interphalangeal joint dislocation

· · Proximal phalanx shaft fractures (adult)

· · Pediatric (physeal) fractures of the proximal phalanx

· · Dislocations and ligament injuries of the metacarpophalangeal joint

· · Dislocations and ligament injuries of the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint

· · References

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4. Metacarpal fractures

· · Metacarpal head

· · Metacarpal neck

· · Metacarpal shaft

· · Metacarpal base

· · Dislocations of the carpometacarpal joint

· · First metacarpal fractures (adult)

· · First metacarpal fractures (pediatric)

· · References

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5. Carpal fractures

· · Scaphoid fractures (adult)

· · Scaphoid fractures (pediatric)

· · Triquetrum fractures

· · Lunate fractures

· · Hamate fractures

· · Capitate fractures

· · Pisiform fractures

· · Trapezium fractures

· · Trapezoid fractures

· · Carpal dislocations

· · References

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6. Radius and ulna fractures

· · Distal radius fractures (adult)

· · Distal radius fractures (pediatric)

· · Metaphyseal fractures

· · Physeal fractures

· · Fractures of the shaft of the radius (adult): Galeazzi fracture

· · Fractures of the shaft of the radius (pediatric)

· · Both-bone forearm fractures (adult)

· · Both-bone forearm fractures (pediatric)

· · Fractures of the ulnar shaft

· · Monteggia fractures (adult)

· · Monteggia fractures (pediatric)

· · Wrist dislocations (radiocarpal joint)

· · References

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7. Elbow fractures

· · Radial head and neck

· · Olecranon

· · Coronoid process

· · Distal humerus (adult)

· · Supracondylar and transcondylar fractures

· · Intercondylar fractures

· · Condylar fractures

· · Medial epicondyle fractures

· · Distal humerus (pediatric)

· · Supracondylar fractures

· · Lateral condyle fractures

· · Medial epicondyle fractures

· · Little league elbow

· · Elbow dislocation

· · References

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8. Humerus fractures

· · Anatomic considerations

· · Proximal humerus fractures (adult)

· · Proximal humerus fractures (pediatric)

· · Midshaft fractures of the humerus

· · Shoulder (glenohumeral) dislocations

· · References

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9. Clavicle and scapula fractures

· · Clavicle fractures

· · Fractures of the middle third of the clavicle

· · Fractures of the distal third of the clavicle

· · Fractures of the proximal third of the clavicle

· · Scapula fractures

· · References

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10. Spine fractures

· · Cervical spine fractures (adult)

· · Cervical spine fractures (pediatric)

· · Thoracolumbar spine fractures (adult)

· · Compression fractures

· · Spinous process and transverse process fractures

· · Burst fractures

· · Thoracolumbar spine fractures (pediatric)

· · Spondylolysis

· · Nontraumatic thoracolumbar fractures

· · Tumors

· · Vertebral osteomyelitis

· · References

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11. Femur and pelvis fractures

· · Femoral neck fractures

· · Intertrochanteric fractures

· · Trochanteric fractures

· · Femoral shaft fractures

· · Stress fractures of the femur

· · Hip dislocations

· · Pelvic fractures

· · Acetabular fractures

· · References

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12. Patellar, tibial, and fibular fractures

· · Patellar fractures and dislocations

· · Patellar dislocation

· · Tibial fractures

· · Tibial plateau fractures

· · Disposition

· · Tibial shaft fractures

· · Stress fractures of the tibia

· · Fractures of the shafts of the tibia and fibula

· · Fibular fractures

· · Stress fractures of the fibula

· · References

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13. Ankle fractures

· · Ankle fractures (adult)

· · Ankle fractures (pediatric)

· · Distal tibial fractures (pediatric)

· · Distal fibular fractures (pediatric)

· · Ankle dislocation

· · References

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14. Calcaneus and other tarsal fractures

· · Calcaneus fractures (adult)

· · Extraarticular fracture: Anterior process

· · Extraarticular fracture: Medial or lateral process

· · Extraarticular fracture: Tuberosity

· · Extraarticular fracture: Sustentaculum tali

· · Extraarticular fracture: Body not involving the subtalar joint

· · Intraarticular fractures

· · Calcaneus stress fractures

· · Calcaneus fractures (pediatric)

· · Talus fractures (adult)

· · Osteochondral dome fractures

· · Fracture of the lateral process of the talus (snowboarder’s fracture)

· · Talus fractures (pediatric)

· · Navicular fractures (adult)

· · Navicular stress fracture

· · Navicular fractures (pediatric)

· · Cuboid and cuneiform fractures

· · References

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15. Metatarsal fractures

· · Fractures of the metatarsal shafts

· · Stress fractures of the metatarsal shafts

· · Proximal fractures of the first through fourth metatarsals

· · Fractures of the proximal fifth metatarsal

· · Avulsion fractures of the styloid

· · Fractures of the metaphyseal–diaphyseal junction

· · Stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal diaphysis

· · References

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16. Toe fractures

· · Toe fractures

· · Toe dislocations

· · Sesamoid fractures

· · References

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17. Facial and skull fractures

· · Nasal fractures

· · Fractures of other facial bones

· · Skull fractures

· · References

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18. Rib fractures

· · Anatomic considerations

· · Mechanism of injury

· · Rib fractures after trauma

· · Stress fractures of the ribs

· · References