Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Tracking Pixel
presents
Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

From the Patient's Side: What's New in Orthopaedics

Narrated Slide Shows:

     
Prevention of Heat Stroke Lecture
     Non Operative Treatment of Arthritis:
     Total Knee Replacement
     Osteoporosis
     Hip Fracture
     Blood Clot - DVT/PE
    MRSA prevention lecture



New York Times Health Guide

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http://www.webmd.com/news/default.htm
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http://www.healthnews.com/
http://news.yahoo.com/i/751
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http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/


Cardiac abnormality is the most common cause of sudden death in competitive
young athletes. The purpose of preparticipation cardiac screening is to reduce
this risk through early detection of clinically relevant or pre-existing cardiac
abnormalities.
 
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
    - may result in deadly conduction abnormalities
    - causes about 30% of sudden-death cases occurring in young athletes;
    - dectection of heart murmur: your MD should listen for murmurs in the
supine and standing
            positions to identify murmurs from dynamic left ventricular outflow obstruction (standing
            intensifies a HCM murmur by decreasing cardiac venous return);

Long QT Syndrome: (genetic arrhythmia syndrome)

     - characterized by abnormal QT interval on EKG, and can lead to V fib and death;
     - manifests as palpitations (skipped heart beats), presyncope, syncope, and cardiac arrest


Questions: that every parent should consider

    - Is there any ? syncope (fainting with exertion) , chest pain, shortness of breath with exercise,
              elevated blood pressure, heart murmur, family history or severe early heart disease
Outside Links:
    - 
Sports Medicine Update (2002)
    - The Preparticipation Athletic Evaluation
    - CPR And External Defibrillator Training May Decrease Adolescent Sports-related Deaths


    - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics - Narrated Slide Shows
            Prevention of Heat Stroke Lecture
           
Non Operative Treatment of Arthritis:
           
Total Knee Replacement
            
Osteoporosis
            
Hip Fracture
           
Blood Clot - DVT/PE




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Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.

Last updated by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD on Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:22 am