Management of foot ulceration in the high risk patient.

The Diabetic Foot;  March 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......this small case series. Patient A (Figure 1) Patient A, a 48-year-old male with...OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] Patient B (Figure 2) Patient B, a 76-year-old male with...OMITTED] [FIGURE 4 OMITTED] Patient C (Figure 3) Patient C, a 76-year-o...

New treatment gets patient's seal of approval: learn how patients who have...

Review of Optometry;  May 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......known drug allergies. [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Diagnostic Data The patient's best-corrected visual...underlying hematoma (figure 4). We told the patient to continue using the...and well-approximated (figure 5). The patient did not report any problems...

Proper Sling Selection and Application While Using Patient Lifts

Rehabilitation Nursing;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......sling: maintains the patient in a sitting position (Figure 1) * Standing sling...sling: maintains the patient in a lying position (Figure 3) * Ambulation sling...assistance in turning patient to side (Figure 5) * Repositioning sling...

Kicking the patient: immediacy in the consulting room.

Journal of Psychology and Theology;  March 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Psychotherapy (TLDP). The patient's Cyclical Maladaptive Pattern...counter-transference enactment--kicking the patient--thus playing the role of the rejecting adult figure that fails her. The patient and therapist were then able...symptoms that prompted the patient to seek treatment. ...

Patient has pain, redness, photophobia OS for 1 week

Ophthalmology Times;  December 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......were 21 and 20 mm Hg. The patient did not have a relative afferent...crystalline lens in the right eye (Figure 3A) and dislocation of the...crystalline lens in the left eye (Figure 3B). On funduscopic examination...vitreous in the right eye (Figure 4). The fundus in the left...physical ...

Sinusitis and renal failure in an elderly patient.(Photo Quiz)

American Family Physician;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......After stabilizing the patient with dialysis, a...biopsy was performed (Figure 2). [FIGURES 1-2 OMITTED] Question Based on the patient's history and physical...photograph of the patient shows a prominent depression of the nose (Figure 1) caused by the...

Patient has long-term right-sided skin lesion, glaucoma

Ophthalmology Times;  December 15, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Palmer Eye Institute for evaluation of his right eye. The patient had been admitted to Jackson Memorial Hospital 1 week...The ophthalmologic referral was prompted after the patient informed his oncologist that he had a history of "glaucoma...his right eye and "had run out of his medicine." The patient ...

Pathologic quiz case: Fatal central nervous system lesions in an...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The patient was a 57-year-old white man...following transplant, the patient was treated for graft versus...hemorrhagic septic emboli (Figure 1). While in the hospital, the patient was treated with levofloxacin...mycobacterial organisms. The patient's condition worsened despite...hemispheres ...

Referred patient has decreased vision, orbital mass

Ophthalmology Times;  June 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......retrobulbar mass. The patient reported a progressive...in the left orbit (Figure 1). Examination On...Postoperatively, the patient was treated with...hyalinization of vessels (Figures 7 and 8). High magnification...the surgery, the patient's visual acuity in...

Letters to the editor.("Bad News" May Predispose Patients'...

American Family Physician;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......didn't get it sooner. Another patient's response to a diagnosis...When we learn that our patient has a disease that could...this information with the patient and family. We also need...skills. It is not in the patients' or the physicians' best...Physician 2001;64:1975-8. Figure Is ...

The physician's role in patient safety: what's in it for me?

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......SAFETY: BACKGROUND AND STATUS Patient safety can be defined as...safety that relate to the patient's illness, unexpected threats...and system-level factors (Figure 1). The title of a recent...obstacles block paths to patient safety (1). This survey of...that everything is safe. [FIGURE 1 ...

Unusual behaviour in a patient with diabetes.(Case study)

The Diabetic Foot;  December 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Case history The patient, a male aged 72...right first toe (see Figure 1). He had had diabetes...Cosway et al, 2001). [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Before...thought that this patient was an eccentric...shown to influence patient behaviour (Bandura, 1977). [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] The education we ...

Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the height of the patient-trolley. Materials...inflatable gadget, [Figure 1] which is different...as to lift the patient's shoulder to achieve...neck extension [Figure 2]a. The patient assumes the required...inflated to lift the patient. [Figure 3]a, b After surgery...before ...

Patient gown preserves modesty.

Medical Textiles;  June 1, 2001 ;     411 words ......conveniently releasable fasteners to secure the wrap around the patient's body. These are easily opened to allow access by medical personnel performing a procedure on a part of the patient's body. She adds that the gown will maintain its covering attitude during patient movement without a necessity for ...

Survival of a Neurologically Intact Patient With Subarachnoid Hemorrhage...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......rate of 46/min. The patient was alert and oriented...ECG was obtained (Figure 1). Pertinent laboratory...head was performed (Figure 2). After the CT...acquired and the patient was still on the...performed. After the patient was given a lidocaine...ECG was repeated (Figure 3). ...