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Review of Systems

General. Fever, chills, desired weight, fatigue. Diet. Appetite, restrictions, supplements, vitamins. Skin, hair, and nails. Rashes, pigment changes, pruritus, easy bruising; change in hair texture, quantity, distribution; nail changes. Head and neck. Injuries, headaches, dizziness, loss of consciousness. Eyes. Visual changes, trauma, eye diseases. Ears. Tinnitus, hearing loss, pain, vertigo. Nose. Congestion, nose bleeds, post-nasal … Read more

RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY

Note: mean QRS Vector & Vent Hypertrophy Can’t be accurately calculated in the presence of B.B.B. Consider Causes: – HTN – Pulmonary Stenosis – Primary Pulmonary HTN – Long standing CAD – Congenital heart dz: Endocard. Cush Def/Ost. Primum Def Atrial Septal Defect Tetralogy of Fallot / Note: large R wave in V1; / small … Read more

Anatomy of the Hand

– See: Dorsal Interossei from An Atlas of Human Anatomy by Carl Toldt, M.D., 1919. Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.

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– See:        – Bone Scans following THR:        – Post Op Evaluation of THR: – Discussion:     – post op AP & lateral x-rays should include entire length of stem & cement mass;     – femur and cement column are inspected carefully and compared w/ previous films for … Read more

References for Ankle Fractures

Fractures of the distal part of the fibula with associated disruption of the deltoid ligament. Treatment without repair of the deltoid ligament. Instability of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis after bimalleolar and trimalleolar ankle fractures. Examination of the pathologic anatomy of ankle fractures. Ankle fractures. A clinical and roentgenographic stereophotogrammetric study. Operative treatment of ankle fracture-dislocations. … Read more

References for Septic Arthritis

Septic arthritis of the shoulder in adults [see comments]. Infections: Acute Septic Arthritis in Infancy and Childhood. Gallium scintigraphy for diagnosis of septic arthritis and osteomyelitis in children. Acute septic arthritis in infancy and childhood. 10 years’ experience. Management of septic arthritis in children. The effect of antibiotics on the destruction of cartilage in experimental infectious arthritis. … Read more

References by Hunziker

References: The elusive path to cartilage regeneration. Beta1 integrin deficiency results in multiple abnormalities of the knee joint. Subcellular distribution of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding proteins (IGFBPs) 2 and 3 in articular chondrocytes. Surgical suturing of articular cartilage induces osteoarthritis-like changes. Accelerated hypertrophic chondrocyte kinetics in GDF-7 deficient murine tibial growth plates. Site-1 … Read more

Psuedohyponatremia

(See Criteria Normal Serum Osmolality Hyperlipidemia Multiple Myeloma Hyperglycemia: (Lowers Serum Na 1.6, for ea 100 incr Gluc) Increased Serum Osmolality Excess urea Hyperglycemia Mannitol Ethanol Methanol Etheylene glyc Isopropyl alcohol Hypothyroidism Addison’s dz Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.