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Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…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 —…

Wound suturing

…and all bites on the hand. These are as a rule left open. Facial bites can be sutured after careful debridement because of the cosmesis…

Skin biopsy — punch, shave and excision

…temple, the accessory nerve in the posterior triangle of the neck, and the superficial nerves of the forearm and the dorsum of the hand. Preparation…

Arterial line

…ulnar pulse and a warm, well perfused hand carry more weight. Choice of vessel The radial artery is the first choice : superficial, easy to compress…

Left Ventricular Thrombus After Myocardial Infarction

…superficial components may detach and embolize systemically. Observational data indicate approximately a fourfold greater risk of embolic events in patients with LV thrombus than in…

Cryotherapy of skin lesions

…a cryoprobe for contact technique. Cotton buds for small lesions (these give a more superficial and less controllable depth of freeze). A size 15 scalpel…

Soft tissue corticosteroid injection

Procedurer A corticosteroid injection into soft tissue gives rapid but time limited pain relief and rarely alters the natural history of the disease. In lateral…

Post-Infarction Pericarditis and Dressler Syndrome

…cause: Diminished heart sounds Disappearance of the friction rub Loss of the apical impulse Electrical alternans on the ECG Compression of the left lung base

Vulnerable Plaque and Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Occlusion

…with or without left ventricular hypertrophy. Among patients with NSTE ACS undergoing angiography, approximately 10% have no critical epicardial stenosis. In some of these patients…

Nail procedures — paronychia, ingrown toenail and subungual haematoma

…picture, and several of the steps below refer to structures that are not visible when looking at the nail. The nail plate is the hard…

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