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Lacerated Liver - Articles
Trick of the Trade: Finger nailbed laceration repair
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:00am
Over the years, I have been frustrated by how inelegant finger nailbed closure is. Nailbed lacerations are often sustained by a major crush injury, resulting in a stellate and irregular laceration pattern. This typically also requires the crushed fingernail to be removed. Cosmesis is never ideal because pieces of the nailbed are often missing, as seen
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Trick of the Trade: Hemostasis of finger laceration
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Wed 24 Nov 2010 12:00am
Lacerations of the finger can bleed quite profusely because of digital vascularity. This obscures the provider's ability to perform a careful exam and can make suturing quite difficult. Simple direct pressure over the laceration often controls the bleeding.
What if this doesn't work?
Trick of the Trade:
Glove tourniquet "ring
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Trick of the trade: Irrigating scalp lacerations
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Wed 27 Jan 2010 12:00am
Thanks to my new-found Emergency Medicine friend in Turkey, Dr. John Fowler has some useful tips about scalp lacerations.
Often patients with scalp lacerations have.... It would be nice if we could completely wash out the blood. This would further allows us to detect occult scalp lacerations.
Photo courtesy of Dr. John Fowler
Trick
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Hand lacerations important health risk in commercial fishermen
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Annet Lenderink
Posted
Wed 06 Jan 2010 10:09am
work. Subjects15 reported 15 hand lacerations, of which 4 were self-stitched, while others had been bound with ‘gaffer’ tape. The researchers conclude that prevention of hand lacerations should be a high priority, with first-aid training and equipment for fishing crews to improve their care when prevention fails.
Occupational health needs of commercial
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Liver Transplant India, Liver Transplant in India, Liver Transplant Surgeon, Liver Transplantation, Liver Transplant counsellor,
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Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Sat 04 Sep 2010 4:57am
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Livers, livers, livers!
by
Jill F.
Posted
Sat 29 Nov 2008 10:08am
One of the easiest, cheapest appetizers that will make your guests think you slaved for hours and spent a ton of money making it is chicken liver pate. It takes about 15... rice crackers or homemade bread, open up some wine, and people will be happy. Except for those who don't like chicken livers, but you can't help them I guess. I don't like cooked
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AlcohLiver Fix - Yangan - Restore Liver to Health
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franklinb
Posted
Sat 05 Feb 2011 12:00am
AlcohLiver Fix is made of extracts from schisandra, white peony, and milk thistle, this well-known formula is used in traditional Chinese medicine for its liver nurturing and restoring, detoxifying, virus inhibiting properties to maintain healthy liver and its functions, chinese herbs for liver support. * Direction for Use: As a dietary
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