Data Trace Editor – Metrizamide; – water soluble contrast agent that is absorbed by the body, enhances definition of structures; – it is meningeal irritant, but has not been associated w/ arachnoiditis; – Clinical Reactions: – nausea, vomiting, confusion, and seizures; – side effects are related to dehydration, phenothiazines, tricyclics, and … Read more
– Discussion: – disorder of spinal cord development/closure or secondary rupture of developing cord secondary to hydrocephalus; – term myelodysplasia includes: – spina bifida occulta – meningocele: sac without neural elements protruding through defect; – myelomeningocele; … Read more
– Discussion: – for preoperative sedation; impairment of memory of perioperative events; – sedation for procedures, short acting benzodiazepine: – versed is 3 to 4 times more powerful per mg. than valium – may dilute injection in D5W, NS, or LR; – Conscious Sedation: – … Read more
erythromycin Tetracycline – Signs and Symptoms of: – HA – Malaise – Fever – Cough (bothersome) – Rales, Rhonchi, Wheezes – Consolidation rare; – Significant CXR features: Unilateral Broncho Pneumonia; – Isolation of M. Pneumonia from Sputum or a 4 … Read more
– Discussion: – rare disease usually found in association with occult neoplasms of the lung or other organs; – defect lies in the release of acetylcholine from prejunctional axon terminals; – main danger to patients is the manifestation of the underlying neoplasm; – Clinical Findings: – fluctuating weakness … Read more
– Discussion: – most common neuromuscular junction defect; – results from damage to postsynaptic acetylcholine receptor sites; – more common in young women & older adults of both sexes; – diff dx: – myathenic syndrome: – ALS … Read more
– Alkaline Phosphatase – Antinuclear AB (ANA) – C-Reative Protein – Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate – Hypercalcemia – Rheumatoid Factor – Hyperuricemia – Serum Electrophoresis – antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody – rapid plasma reagin – cryoprotein – serum immunofixation – lyme antibody – … Read more
– Use of Medications in Pregnancy: – calcium supplementation – intra-articular steroids – note that intra-articular steroids may interfere w/ lactation in nursing mothers; – ref: The use of antirheumatic medication during pregnancy and in the puerperium. – Surgical Considerations: – positioning: – avoid supine positioning because of hypotensive effects from aortocaval compression by the … Read more
– Discussion: – derives from lateral cord (C5, C6): – musculocutaneous nerve passes through coracobrachialis; between biceps & brachialis, & becomes lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve at elbow; – it has only muscular branches above elbow & only sensory branches below; – lesion of this nerve produces weakness of … Read more
– Discussion: – shoulder is bounded posteriorly by teres minor & infraspinatus & partialy by long head of triceps; – it is bounded laterally by deltoid, & superiorly it is bounded by acromion; – anteriorly & inferiorly, shoulder is bounded by pect major & biceps, however, these do not … Read more