hint
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answer
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positive straight leg test indicates
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sciatica
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most common cause of radiculopathy and sciatica
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disk herniation
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nerve injury responsible for foot drop
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common peroneal
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nerve injury responsible for wrist drop or "saturday night palsy"
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radial
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MC injured ligament in lateral ankle sprain
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anterior talofibular ligament
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midfoot pain should be xrayed if the patient cannot bear weight and their is tenderness at these bones
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navicular bone, fifth metatarsal
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ankle pain should be xrayed if the patient cannot bear weight and their is tenderness at the posterior edge of the distal 6cm or tip of these two regions of the malleolus
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lateral, medial
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radial fracture characterized by volar displacement of the distal radius
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smith fracture
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joints most likely to dislocate posteriorly rather than anteriorly
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hip and elbow
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MC herniated disk
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L5/S1
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nerve most likely to be injured in shoulder fracture
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axillary
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colles fracture presents w/ this deformity on xray
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dinner fork
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fracture presenting w/ "garden spade" deformity on xray
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smith fracture
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MC upper extremity fracture
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distal radius
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MCC of cauda equina syndrome
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herniated disk
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MC carpal bone fracture
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scaphoid
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snuffbox tenderness indicates fracture of the
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scaphoid
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bacterial cause of septic systemic infection more common in sickle cell patients
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salmonella
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nerve commonly injured in tibiofemoral (anterior knee) joint dislocation
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peroneal
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decreased sensation to the dorsum of the foot and weak dorsiflexion of the ankle are signs of injury to this nerve
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peroneal
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MC injured muscle in rotator cuff injury
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supraspinatus
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MC neurovascular injury in midshaft humerus fracture
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radial nerve injury
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compartment most commonly affected by compartment syndrome
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flexor compartment of forearm and anterior compartment of the leg
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normal delta pressure
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10-12 mmHg
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consider fasciotomy when delta pressure ≤
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30 mmHg
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MC long bone fracture
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tibia
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MC direction of shoulder dislocation
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anterior
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MC direction of hip dislocation
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posterior
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MCC of compartment syndrome
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tibial fracture
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MCC of lateral hip pain in adults
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greater trochanter pain syndrome
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MCC chest pain in children
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costochondritis
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MCC of heel pain in US
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plantar fasciitis
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MCC of lateral ankle sprain
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inversion
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saddle anesthesia is a red flag for
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cauda equina syndrome
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MC injured knee ligament
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ACL
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Positive obriens test indicates
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SLAP lesion
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MC injured artery in patellar dislocation
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popliteal
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MC injured nerve in patellar dislocation
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peroneal
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deformity caused by rupture of the extensor tendon insertion at the DIP, resulting in permanent flexion at the DIP
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mallet finger
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bony hard swellings at the DIP joints, pathognomic for osteoarthritis
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heberdens nodes
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fracture most likely to be sustained by falling on an outstretched hand
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colles fracture
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crystal shape in pseudogout
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Rhomboid
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Carpal tunnel is definitively diagnosed via
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EMG
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Hematogenous osteomyelitis is often monomicrobial and seen in this demographic
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Children
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Ecchymosis of the plantar aspect of the foot is nearly pathognomic for this type of injury
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Lisfranc fracture
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MCC of osteomyelitis in kids
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S aureus
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pain on passive extension of the affected finger, finger held in partial flexion, tenderness of the full tendon sheath, and fusiform swelling of the digit are signs of
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Flexor tenosynovitis
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increased risk of gout flares when serum urate ≥
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6.8
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incomplete ankle sprain is also known as grade
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2
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A flesh colored, smooth, firm, well circumscribed painless mass over a tendon is also known as a
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Ganglion cyst
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temporal arteritis often coocurrs with this rheumatological condition
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polymyalgia rheumatica
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drug induced lupus may be remembered with the mnemonic
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HIPPS (hydralazine, INH, procainamide, phenytoin, sulfonamides)
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leukocytosis, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate or C-reactive protein, elevated creatine kinase, and elevated lactate dehydrogenase, aldolase, aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase is consistent with
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polymyositis
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gottron papules are pathognomic for
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dermatomyositis
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chondrocalcinosis on xray indicates
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pseudogout
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rat bite erosions on xray indicate
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gout
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anti-histidyl-transfer RNA synthetase antibodies is also known as this type of antibody, seen predominantly in polymyositis
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anti-jo
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polyarteritis nodosa is associated with this viral infection
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hepatitis B
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mononuclear cell infiltration seen on salivary gland biopsy is a hallmark of
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sjogrens syndrome
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patients w/ sjogrens syndrome have an increased risk of this cancer
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nonhodgkins lymphoma
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juxta-articular demineralization and soft tissue swelling of the joints seen on xray indicates
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rheumatoid arthritis
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tear of the MCP ulnar collateral ligament causes this msk deformity
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gamekeeper’s thumb
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defect in the autosomal dominant collagen type 1 gene is responsible for
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osteogenesis imperfecta
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this artery is most likely to be involved in avascular necrosis of the femoral head following fracture
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medial circumflex femoral artery
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vaginismus pain is caused by contraction of this muscle
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pubbococcygeus
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dysfunction of this muscle is most likely to cause foot drop
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tibialis anterior
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inflammation between the abductor policis longus and extensor pollicis brevis characterizes this condition
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dequervains tenosynovitis
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proximal ulna fracture w/ dislocated radial head is known as
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monteggia fracture
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distal radius fracture w/ dorsal displacement is known as
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colles fracture
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distal radius fracture w/ dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint is known as
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galleazzi fracture
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blue sclera is associated w/
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osteogenesis imperfecta
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positive metatarsal squeeze test is associated w/
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mortons neuroma
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positive thompson squeeze test indicates
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achilles tendon rupture
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positive lachman and A/P drawer tests indicate
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ACL injury
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crescent sign on xray of hip joint indicates
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legg calves perthes disease
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ice cream cone sign on xray indicates
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slipped capital femoral epiphysis
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Abduction and external rotation of a displaced joint indicates this direction of dislocation
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anterior
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MC joint disorder
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osteoarthritis
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bouchards and heberdens nodes are pathognomic for
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osteoarthritis
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rheumatoid arthritis is more likely to affect (unilateral, bilateral) joints
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bilateral
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Osteophytes, subchondral stenosis, and joint space narrowing is associated with
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osteoarthritis
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MC fracture caused by osteoporosis
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vertebral body compression fracture
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serum acid above this value is associated w/ increased risk of gout flare
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6.8
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shape of sodium urate crystals in gout
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needle
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shape of crystals in pseudogout
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rhomboid
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classic xray finding in gout
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rat bite erosions
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carpal tunnel is caused by compression of this nerve
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median
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positive tinel and phalens sign indicate
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carpal tunnel syndrome
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fracture of the proximal ulnar shaft w/ radial head displacement is known as
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monteggia fracture
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fracture of the distal radius w/ distal radioulnar displacement
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galeazzi fracture
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Knee pain w/ valgus stress test indicates
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medial meniscus injury
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Knee pain w/ varus stress test indicates
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lateral meniscus injury
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catching/poppingof the knee and joint line tenderness suggests injury of this part of the knee
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meniscus
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