Data Trace Editor – Discussion: – screw is threaded at both ends and can be countersunk beneath articular surface, obviating the need for removal after frx has healed; – it is designed to achieve compression by use of a differential thread-pitch between its proximal & distal ends, and it has guiding jig that maintains … Read more
– For exposure to HBsAg positive materials such as blood contact; – Adult: 0.06ml/kg IM to maximum of 5ml; – w/in 24 hr of needle stick exposure; – w/in 14 days of sexual contact; – Repeat at 1 and 6 months after exposure; – Administered in gluteal or deltoid muscle; – Supplied in vial of … Read more
– Discussion: – a vasculitis of unknown etilogy; – mean age of onset is 6 years; – small vessel vasculitis involving: – skin: – rash is typically from the waist down; – rash begins w/ urticaria but quickly turns … Read more
– For routine immunization of children 18 mo – 5 yrs of age against diseases caused by Haemophilus influenza type B; – Actions: Hemophilus B conjugate w/ Diptheria toxin; active immunization; – Dosage: 0.5 ml (25ug) IM in Deltoid or Vastus Lateralis; – Supplied: Injection 0.25 ug/0.5ml; – Booster not required; – Not protective at … Read more
(see also: coag pathway) Discussion disease is most crippling when repeated bleeding into joint produces arthritis; left untreated most severe hemophiliacs will suffer crippling arthritis in one or more joints by early adolescence; after joint bleed, or hemarthrosis, synovium must absorb degradation products of the blood; repeated hemarthroses will cause synovial hypertrophy and inflammation; some hemophiliacs develop … Read more
– Discussion: – extraarticular bleeding may involve muscles, nerves, blood vessels, and even bones; – slowly expanding hematoma will interfere w/ function & perfusion of surrounding tissues; – intramuscular hematomas that fail to resorb quickly lead to fibrosis, contracture, cyst formation, or myositis ossificans; – bleeding into the calf muscles may cause a severe equinus … Read more
– See: Bipolar Arthroplasty: – Discussion: – indications: indicated for patients w/ a femoral neck frx who meet the following criteria: – poor general health thay would prevent a second operation; – pathologic hip fractures: – parkinson’s disease, hemiplegia, or other neurological disease; – physiologic age > 70 yrs; – severe osteoporosis w/ loss of primary … Read more
– Discussion: – open disk usually has an active growth plate; – double hemivertebrae: – those that are ipsilateral and adjacent to one another are more likely toproduce a progressive scoliosis and require arthrodesis; – two or more hemivertebrae on the … Read more
– See: – Bower’s Procedure – Discussion: – invovles resection of ulnar articular head, leaving shaft and styloid relationship intact; – interpositional anchovy of tendon is placed in cavity to limit contact of radial & ulnar shafts which may migrate to each other after this procedure; … Read more