author: simon o connor

... 16 mitral facies 309–10 mitral regurgitation 321–2 mitral stenosis 315, 318–20 mitral valve prolapse 322–4 mixed connective tissues disease (MCTD) 206 mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia 209, 210 MKSAP ... questions 9 muscle power grading 440 ...

... (MKSAP) of the American College of Physicians is also very useful. It contains brief, up-to-date accounts of most areas of internal medicine. It clearly indicates the currently fashionable topics on which questions are likely to be set ...

... you are told in an exam that a patient has difficulty walking, start by ... (Cerebellar disease, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease) ! 10. 9 ... function that has been used by the police to test for alcohol intoxication in less ...

... you are about to do and do not scrape too hard. Practise on willing colleagues until you find out how much pressure is tolerable and how sharp the key should be. Coordination (cerebellar function) 1. Perform the heel–shin test. Ask the ...

... ( cerebellar function ) Perform : 1. the heel – shin test ( the patient runs the heel of one foot up and down the shin of the other leg as rapidly and accurately as possible , while you look for wobbling or the heel falling off ; see Fig ...

... test of cerebellar function that has been used by the police to test for alcohol intoxication in less sophisticated ... You will be expected to have an understanding of Romberg's test and the meaning of a positive Romberg's sign ...

... region 5. Umbilical region 6. Left lumbar region 7. Right iliac fossa 4 5 6 8. Hypogastrium 9. Left iliac fossa (a) Regions of the abdomen. (b) Quadrants of the abdomen while this manoeuvre is performed. It strongly suggests the presence.

... head-to-toe examination. Lastly, if in the hospital setting, much can be ... assessment of Indigenous children.5 Other anthropometric measurements that may ... charts: it is generally standard practice to use gender-specific, height-for ...

... definition develops in the last month of pregnancy or the first five months ... heart failure treatment and even ventricular assist devices and transplant ... cardiac reserve. Patients with pulmonary hypertension have the highest risk ...

... pathophysiology of an ischemic event is the key to appropriate and most ... TIA using MRI as a transient neurological event of presumed vascular cause ... TIA syndromes. These are generally distinguishable by using detailed symptom ...

... Enalapril Dosage 2.5–40 mg per day CONSENSUS Severe congestive HF (NYHA functional class IV) A reduction of 40% (P ... 10 mg twice daily NYHA class II–IV; systolic dysfunction with left ventricular EF ≤40% ACEI = angiotensin-converting ...