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   Toolbox offerings: Journal – Special themed issues of the Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances exclusively devoted to disaster preparedness and trauma care.   Online Textbook – Wheeless’ Textbook of Orthopaedic Surgery contains the Disaster Preparedness Toolbox tab. Information is presented in a textbook-like format to review and refresh your trauma skills.  The SOMOS Core Curriculum and … Read more

Disc Herniation

– See:        – Herniated Disc in the Child:        – Intervertebral Discs: – Anatomy:     – disc herniation may vary in severity from disc protrussion to disc extrusion, to finally disc sequestration;     – disc containment:           – w/ a contained disc herniation, the … Read more

Discussion of Fibroma

– See:          – Soft Tissue Menu          – Desmoplastic fibroma          – Fibromatosis – Discussion:     – solitary, beinign fibrous tumor of sof tissue;     – it may occur at any age;     – lesions arise as a slowly enlarging soft tissue mass;     – palmer and planter aspects … Read more

Dipyridamole/Persantin

– For prevention of thromboembolic d/o; chronic Angina pectoris;  – Decreases aggregation of platlets;  – Dose: Antiplatlet effects: 100 mg PO tid/qid (usually with aspirin);  – Angina: 50 mg PO tid; Supplied: Tabs: 25mg, 50mg, 75mg;  – Note: Aspirin potentiates the antiplatlet effects

Dirithromycin / Dynabac

– Discussion:     – broad spectrum macrolide antibiotic;     – indicated for bronchitis due to haemophilus, moraxella, streptococcus;     – may also be used for community acquired pneumonia due to legioella and mycoplasma as well as skin infections due to staph aureus;     – needs to be taken with food;   … Read more

Disaster Preparedness Toolbox

DT MedSurg, LLC (a Data Trace company), with educational support provided by Stryker, presents the launch of  a new initiative, The Disaster Preparedness and Trauma Care Toolbox,  featuring the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS)     The Disaster Preparedness and Trauma Care Toolbox   As a civilian orthopaedic surgeon you may never need to … Read more

Diphenhydramine/Benadryl

div class=”mh-row clearfix”> h1>/h1> div class=”bodycopy”>hr size=”3″/> strong>- Discussion:/strong>br/>     – for motion sickness, potentiation narcotics, sedation, cough supression, for allergic reactions, for extrapyramidal reactions;br/>     – adult: 25-50mg PO/IM/IV (slow direct injection) bid-tid;br/>     – ananti-histamine with many anticholinergic effects including dry mouth, urinary retention;br/>     – increase dosing interval in … Read more