…to the skin and rotate under even pressure until the resistance gives way — the dermis has then been passed and you are in the subcutis…

…otoscope speculum as a shield when treating near the eye or on an irregular surface. Petroleum jelly around the lesion to protect the surrounding skin…

…during anaesthesia, a drug infusion or the administration of contrast medium Skin symptoms are absent in approximately 10 to 20 percent of anaphylactic reactions. The…

…fold presses on a bony prominence until the skin breaks down. An acute, fresh injury is therefore immobilised in a backslab or in a split…

…the skin, because the tissues and fluids surrounding the heart, indeed the entire human body, act as electrical conductors. By placing electrodes on the skin…

…Surgeon or mammography Sole of the foot Deep compartments Orthopaedic surgeon Close to large vessels, in the groin or on the neck Bleeding, vascular injury…

…per cm above 152 cm. Adjusted body weight: ideal weight + 0.4 × (actual weight − ideal weight). Used for aminoglycosides and when estimating creatinine clearance in…

…followed by compression. Infection in the skin overlying the puncture site. Previous pelvic irradiation on the intended side (yields fibrotic, unrepresentative marrow — choose the other…

…a tattoo or skin disease at the injection site. Known hypersensitivity to the preparation. Intramuscular injection in marked coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia (< 50 ×10⁹/L…

…the skin. 2. Clean and let it dry. Do not palpate the puncture site again with an unsterile hand. 3. Insert the needle in one…