The history of the acute abdomen describes a shift from emphasis on prognosis to treatment through correlation of clinical and pathological findings. John B. Murphy was an acclaimed leader of American surgery whose name is associated with several diagnostic maneuvers used in the evaluation of the acu...
Acute abdomen without cutaneous signs of varicella zoster virus infection as a late complication of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: importance of em- piric therapy with acyclovir. Bone Marrow Transplant 2000; 25:1003-5.Yagi T, Karasuno T, Hasegawa T, et al. Acute abdomen without cutaneous...
The “double bubble” sign represents the appearance of 2 gas-filled structures in the upper abdomen of newborns and infants on plain filmsof the abdomen (Figure 8). The left-sided, proximal bubble is the distended gas and fluid-filled stomach. The second, right-sided, more distal bubble is...
What we loosely refer to as COVID (now a pandemic, meaning that it’s spread around the world), is officially called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) because of its similarity to the coronavirus strain that caused the severe acute respiratory syndrome 1 (SARS-COV-...
Upper gastrointestinal pathology can present as an acute abdomen, for which clinical diagnostic accuracy is approximately 50%. The aim of this article is to provide a systematic approach for formulating a differential diagnosis in patients with common symptoms and signs of upper gastrointestinal disease...
role in your health. In addition to filtering toxins from your blood, it produces bile that aids in digestion, helps your blood clot, and metabolizes proteins and carbohydrates. It does all this and more from its location in the upper right part of your abdomen, protected by your lower ...
Are there findings suggestive of an infection (pneumonia) or fluid (edema)? Are there unusual heart sounds? New murmurs can be associated with a heart attack. Are bruits (noises produced by narrowed blood vessels that are heard with a stethoscope) present when listening to the neck, abdomen,...
MRI. MRIs are usually done for DVT in the lower abdomen or belly area. They are not standard for the more common forms of DVT. Venography. This test is rarely done because it is so invasive. Your doctor will inject dye in your veins and take an X-ray to see if the dye is flowing...
While women will present with similar symptoms as men when having an acute myocardial infarction, depending upon the type of heart attack, they are less likely to receive the same aggressive care, including heart catheterization,angioplasty, and stenting (the procedure during catheterization where the...
生命体征2(Vital signs 2).doc,生命体征2(Vital signs 2) One, 1 vital signs are used to determine the severity of the patients condition and severity of the indications. Major heart rate, pulse, blood pressure, respiration, pupil and corneal reflex chan