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Eye examination and corneal foreign body

…suggest a foreign body under the upper eyelid. 7. Seidel's sign: apply fluorescein generously and look under blue light. A dark stream of aqueous…

Wound suturing

…apart. A wound through the full thickness of the dermis, particularly over joints and in cosmetically sensitive areas. Superficial wounds with well apposed edges, abrasions…

Skin biopsy — punch, shave and excision

…thickness unmeasurable and staging therefore impossible; a superficial punch in a case of bullous dermatosis misses the subepidermal split. Choose the technique according to the…

Arterial line

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

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

…ischemia and infarction Definition and pathophysiology Post infarction pericarditis encompasses two temporally and clinically distinct complications of acute myocardial infarction (AMI): Early infarct associated pericarditis …

Vulnerable Plaque and Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Occlusion

…exposure of thrombogenic material. Superficial plaque erosion. Thrombosis associated with a calcified nodule. Epicardial or microvascular coronary spasm. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Coronary embolism of…

Nail procedures — paronychia, ingrown toenail and subungual haematoma

…of osteomyelitis and poor healing. Check the ankle brachial index and the foot status before any procedure on a toe. Critical ischaemia. Immunosuppression. Suspicion of…

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