…rolling movement can lift off a superficial body from the conjunctiva or the cornea. Never use a cotton bud on an embedded corneal foreign body —…

…a bloodless field and a longer duration. The old rule that adrenaline is forbidden on fingers, toes, nose, ears and penis has been abandoned in…

…mL (adrenaline gives a bloodless field and a longer duration; it is safe even on the fingers, toes, nose and ears), a 27 G needle…

…treatment are relative contraindications and are an argument for a superficial, compressible vessel. Allen's test is still used in many units to assess the…

Echocardiography Myocardial ischemia and infarction Definition and pathophysiology Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is an intracavitary clot attached to the LV endocardium, typically overlying an akinetic…

…s 1 — The freeze time is counted from the moment the ice front reaches the intended margin, not from the moment the spray starts. Let…

…tunnel syndrome The carpal tunnel An acceptable bridge to surgery De Quervain's tenosynovitis The first dorsal compartment A good effect Trigger finger The tendon…

…A definite diagnosis requires a compatible clinical presentation plus more than one additional diagnostic criterion. Pericardial friction rub A friction rub is a superficial, scratchy…

…Thus, an individual plaque’s morphology does not reliably establish that it will cause an acute event. A more clinically useful model considers both the…

…an iodine solution. Lidocaine 10 mg/mL without adrenaline for the block (adrenaline is safe in fingers and toes according to modern data, but there…