Data Trace Editor * Severe Pulmonary Edema: (See CHF) * Impending ARDS – Sepsis – Shock – Prolonged Hypotension – Massive Transfusion – Severe Pancreatitis – Head Trauma / Multiple Trauma * Severe Chest Trauma / Flail Chest / Pulmonary contusion; * COPD/Bronchospasm * Coma
– See: Predisposing Conditions – OA of Hip: – pain on wt-bearing felt in the groin, buttock, or medial thigh; – trendelenburg gait will decrease mechanical stress on joint and thereby lessen pain (forces acting on hip joint); – pain during sleep results from loss of protective function of … Read more
– See: Extra-articular Manifestations – Discussion: – manifests itself in one of three typical forms: – acute hemarthrosis; – subacute hemarthropathy; – chronic hemarthropathy; – severity of hemophilia A depends upon level of factor VIII clotting activity; – severe deficiency: – factor VIII activity level of < 1%; – pt characteristically bleeds into joints or … Read more
– Discussion: – indications for surgery: – open fracture – gross displacement of fracture w/ tenting of skin – fractures w/ signficant medialization (causing medialization of the shoulder girdle); – ref: Fixation of Displaced Midshaft … Read more
– Clavicle Frx in Infants: – 95% of birth frxs involve the clavicle and are associated w/ breech deliveries; – diff dx: – congential pseudoarthrosis of clavicle: – brachial plexus injury – pseudo-paralysis … Read more
– See: – Hallux Claw Toe – Hammer Toes – Muscles of Foot – Polio: Claw Toes – Anatomy and Discussion: – claw toe consists of hyperextension at the metatarsophalangeal joint, and flexion at the proximal (and distal interphalangeal joints); – all of the toes are usually affected, although contracture of the great toe can … Read more
– Discussion: – Grayson’s & Cleland’s ligament hold skin in position during flexion and extension of the finger; – Cleeland’s ligaments are firm fascia bands that run from side of phalanges to the skin, dorsal to the neurovascular bundle; – they are not involved in Dupuytren’s dz; – … Read more
– Discussion: – autosomal dominant proportionate dwarfism that affects bones formed intramembranously (eg. facial bones, cranium, & clavicles); – dislocations of hips, knees, and the radial heads may occur; – clavicle: – most commlonly, absence of the central portion of the clavicle with rudimentary … Read more
– See: – PA View of the Wrist – X-ray findings: in scapholunate dislocation – Discussion: – used to evaluate widening of scapholunate interval; – those pts suspected of having SLD should have compression stress view, which is performed by having pt clench his fist … Read more
– Discussion: – classified according to both the mechanism of injury and morphology. – two major mechanisms of injury: – direct and indirect trauma; – Direction Trauma: – patella may be fractured by direct blow during fall onto knee or when it hits dashboard in an … Read more