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36 year old female presents to the emergency department complaining of a swollen left ring finger having ‘pulled a hangnail’ from the finger 2 days previously. Examination reveals a swollen nail fold with visible pus present. Medical management of paronychia
The majority of patellar dislocations occur in females, especially targeting teenage girls. Literature shows, depending on the study that 30-72% of patellar dislocations are sports related and 28-39% will involve osteochrondral fractures. The most common location of patellar dislocations is lateral dislocation.
Blogging, tweeting and online social communication has taken a back seat as I write the next editions of the medical textbooks. Researching the material for the texts is fun, but not as enjoyable as collaborating in the medical blogosphere.
A recent study in the European Heart Journal gives us a new reason to enjoy some of life’s little pleasures. German researchers followed almost 20,000 participants (as part of a larger cancer epidemiology study) over 10 years and had them document their chocolate intake.
Acute hepatitis with jaundice and coagulopathy without hepatic encephalopathy is referred to as severe acute hepatitis. Fulminant hepatic failure is defined as the appearance of hepatic encephalopathy in a patient with acute deterioration of liver function with no previous history of liver disease.
Take the antidote challenge – see if you’re ready to join the ranks of the toxicology mavens by naming the antidote for each of these poisons.
