Data Trace Editor – RA criteria: (if 5 out of following are present for > 6 weeks); – morning stiffness; – pain on motion, or tenderness in at least one joint; – swelling (soft tissue thickening or fluid, not bony overgrowth alone) in at least one joint; – swelling of at … Read more
– see human amic studies and perisosteal grafting studies Biological resurfacing: an alternative to total joint arthroplasty. Autogenous meniscus grafts in articular cartilage defects–an experimental study. Treatment of articular defects with meniscal allografts in a rabbit knee model [Experimental study on interpositional arthroplasty using collagen membrane] Carbon fiber implants in osteochondral defects of the … Read more
Gravity Method of Stimson Bigelow’s Maneuver: for Posterior Hip Dislocation Closed Reduction Discussion patient is placed in the supine position; knee is flexed to relax the hamstrings; assistant stabilizes the pelvis and applies a lateral traction force to the inside of the thigh; longitudinal traction is applied in line w/ axis of femur, and the hip is … Read more
– Discussion: – general discussion of allograft tissue: – as pointed out by Harner et al. (1996), subjective knee scores were slightly better for knees having ACL – bone patellar bone allograft (as compared to BPB autograft patients) – objective ratings included normal (or nearly normal) … Read more
– see bone graft menu – Discussion of Allografts: – see autograft menu and bone healing: – allografts are most indicated when bone grafting is required along with need for mechanical structural support; – morselized bone graft: – structural bone grafts: – fresh allografts – generally … Read more
Hypersensitivity Decrease dose with renal insufficiency Interaction w/ Dicumarol (prolonged PT) Thiazide diruretics (increased allopurinol toxicity) Ampicillin/amoxicillin (skin rashes) Chlorpropamide (increased hypoglycemia) Cyclophosphamide and other cytotoxic agents (bone marrow suppression); the allopurinol hypersensitivity syndrome is characterized by fever, eosinophilia, leukocytosis, impaired renal function, hepatocellular injury and rash; these reactions are severe and may be fatal; … Read more
– Discussion: – for established gout (Not acute Gout), hyperuricemia of malignancy (or increased cell turnover); – is useful for established gout with urolithiasis (both for uric acid stones and calcium oxalate stones); – adult: Initially 100mg PO qd; – increase by 100mg at weekly intervals until serum uric acid of < 6mg/dl is attained … Read more
– Discussion: (see bisphosphonates) – type of aminobisphosphonate (a synthetic analogs of pyrophosphate) which acts as an inhibitor of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption; – due to substantial reduction in bone resorption, bone formation exceeds bone resorption at these remodeling sites, which leads to progressive gains in bone mass; – this … Read more
– See: – Tachycardia, Assessment – Discussion – VT vs SVT UNSTABLE STABLE | | Synchronous Cardioversion 75-100 J Vagal Maneuvers | | Synchronous Cardioversion 200 J Verapamil, 5 mg IV | | Synchronous Cardioversion 360 J Verapamil, 10 mg IV | (in 15-20 min) Correct Underlying Abnormalities | | Cardioversion, Digoxin, B Blocker Pharmological … Read more
Clinical Stage Clinical Findings Treatment Newborn Dislocated Dislocatable < 6 mo Dislocatable Unreducible > 6 mo Unreducible Failed Reduction > 3 yr Dislocated + Ortolani + Barlow + Ortolani + Ortolani + Ortolani > 5 mm medial die pool Trendelenburg gait Pavlik harness Pavlik harness Pavlik harness … Read more