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Fall on Outstretched Hand

Aka: Fall on Outstretched Hand
  1. See Also
    1. Hand Injury
  2. Fractures
    1. Distal Radius Fracture (Colles' Fracture)
      1. Seen in older adults (esp. Osteoporosis)
    2. Scaphoid Fracture
      1. Seen in young adults
      2. Snuff-box tenderness
    3. Distal radius greenstick Fracture
      1. Seen in toddlers
    4. Epiphyseal Fracture of distal radius
      1. Seen in teens
  3. Ligamentous Injury
    1. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Rupture (Game Keeper's Thumb)
  4. Infection Risks
    1. Dorsal Laceration over joint of hand
      1. Risk for intra-articular infection
    2. Nail bed bleeding suggests Tuft Fracture
      1. Consider Osteomyelitis

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