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A peripherally inserted central catheter, or PICC line (pronounced "pick"), is a central venous catheter inserted into a vein in the arm (via the basilic or cephalic veins) rather than a vein in the neck or chest. The basilic vein is usually a better target for cannulation than the cephalic vein because it is larger and runs a straighter course ...
Focused assessment with sonography in trauma (commonly abbreviated as FAST) is a rapid bedside ultrasound examination performed by surgeons, emergency physicians, and paramedics as a screening test for blood around the heart (pericardial effusion) or abdominal organs (hemoperitoneum) after trauma.
The parts of the mnemonic are: Onset of the event What the patient was doing when it started (active, inactive, stressed, etc.), whether the patient believes that activity prompted the pain, [2] and whether the onset was sudden, gradual or part of an ongoing chronic problem.
Chest deformity and movement - The chest should rise and fall equally on both sides, and should be free of deformity. Clinicians may be able to get a working diagnosis from abnormal movement or shape of the chest in cases such as pneumothorax or haemothorax
Rose Oliva waited 100 1/2 years to meet her twin great-grandsons. Oliva's priceless reaction to meeting the newest members of her family was captured on video and shared on TikTok , where it has ...
Had the doctors ordered a chest X-ray, they probably would have seen what was really going on—and it was far more serious than they imagined. More mysterious symptoms started showing up—and I ...
patient clenches fist over chest when asked to describe pain Lhermitte's sign: Jean Lhermitte: neurology: lesions of cervical cord dorsal columns or caudal medulla, MS, chemotherapy, Behçet's disease: electrical sensation down the back and into limbs with neck flexion or extension Liebermeister's rule: Carl von Liebermeister: internal medicine
A new House bill would ban health insurers from imposing arbitrary time limits on patients under anesthesia — days after Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield only backed off the move amid outcry. “We ...