Data Trace Editor – Discussion: – w/ partial flexor tendon laceration which is proximal to A1 pulley: – enlarge the laceration if necessary; – if tendon is beveled, resect beveled edged – partially severed tendon should not be repaired if … Read more
– Discussion: – type of antidepressant medication which is a selective serotonin inhibitor; – initial dose is 20 mg PO qAM, and maximum dose is 50 mg PO qAM; – may also be used in chronic pain syndromes
– may produce inverted P waves which can appear immediately before or just after each QRS complex in the tachycardia; Causes of Irregular Tachycardia: 1) A. Fib 2) MAT 3) Sinus Tach w/ PACs 4) Sinus Tach w/ PVCs – Look for R on T pattern – Multifocal PVCs – PVC Salvos: 3 or more … Read more
– Discussion: – potential space between FPL tendon, FDP tendons, & pronator quadratus; – is known as the subtendinous space of the wrist or Parona’s space; – pus in FPL sheath can ascend in the radial bursa and eventually rupture into this space; – pus in little … Read more
– See: – Hand Infections – Phalangeal Injury – Menu – Nail Bed Injuries: – Discussion: – when infections extend under nail & chronic inflammatory process develops, often a pyogenic granuloma develops; – in some cases, these patients will have weakened immune system (elderly, diabetes, ect); … Read more
– See: – Bone Tumor Menu: – Classic Osteosarcoma – Discussion: – parosteal osteosarcoma is a low-grade malignant bone tumor that usually occurs on the surface of the metaphysis of long bones; – arises between cortex and muscle as a low grade stage I-A surface tumor (ie does not initially invade … Read more
– Discussion: – distal end of femur is hypoplastic, tibia is absent, & proximal dislocation of fibular head; – incidence is 1 in 1 million. – has a familial inheritance; – tibial hemimelia may be terminal or intercalary, complete or incomplete. – 30% percent of … Read more
– Discussion: – preadolescents w/ spinal cord injury have > 95% prevalence of scoliosis & 50% of pts have a pelvic obliquity; – progressive kyphoscoliosis results from effects of gravity & loss of spinal musculature; – up to 2/3 of these patients will requre arthrodesis to prevent severe curve progression; – Non Operative … Read more
– Ascaris species – Toxocara species – Ancylostroma species – Necator americanus – Strongyloides stercoralis – Trichinosis – Echinococcosis – Schistosomiasis
– Discussion: – parathyroid hormone is 84 aa petide made & secreted from chief cells in 4 parathyroid glands; – parathyroid hormone (PTH) has been approved as an anabolic treatment for osteoporosis; – all actions of PTH are either directly or indirectly involved w/ maintaining serum ionic Ca concetration (see Ca hemostatsis); … Read more