Diagnostic Imaging: Focusing a Lens on Sex and Gender
Figure 12.1 Dose report from a non-contrast CT of the abdomen pelvis for suspected kidney stone. The two reported values are the CT dose index (CTDIvol) and the dose length…
Overcoming Resistance: Importance of Sex and Gender in Acute Infectious Illnesses
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 11 Overcoming Resistance: Importance of Sex and Gender in Acute Infectious Illnesses Erica Hardy, Mitchell Kosanovich and Arvind Venkat Opening Cases A 25-year-old female patient…
Are Women More Sensitive? Sex and Gender Differences in Pain Perception, Clinical Evaluation and Treatment
Figure 9.1 Pain detection, transmission, and expression The threshold of activation of a nociceptor can be modulated (increased or decreased) by a variety of chemical mediators including prostaglandin, cyclic adenosine…
Sex and Gender Differences in the Presentation and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Emergencies
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 7 Sex and Gender Differences in the Presentation and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Emergencies Tracy Madsen and Karen Furie Opening Case EL is a 63-year-old woman…
Sex and Gender; Pharmacology, Efficacy, Toxicity, and Toxicology
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 5 Sex and Gender; Pharmacology, Efficacy, Toxicity, and Toxicology Annette Lopez and Robert G. Hendrickson Opening Case A 30-year-old female presents via emergency medical transport…
Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections: Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Caudal
CHAPTER 21 Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injections: Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and Caudal Raj Doshi, Vikram B. Patel, and Salahadin Abdi INTRODUCTION Epidural steroid injections have been used for the treatment of…
Vertebral Augmentation
CHAPTER 39 Vertebral Augmentation Ramsin Benyamin, Ricardo Vallejo, Atiq Rehman, and Allen Burton INTRODUCTION The aging population gives us cause for great concern especially in those suffering from osteoporosis. Rates…
Tendon Injections
CHAPTER 56 Tendon Injections Robert Balch III INDICATIONS • The indications for tendon or ligament injections can fall into 1 of 2 categories: diagnostic and therapeutic. Infiltration of local anesthetic along…
Spinal Cord Stimulation: Implantation Techniques
CHAPTER 71 Spinal Cord Stimulation: Implantation Techniques Elias Veizi and Salim M. Hayek INTRODUCTION Electrical stimulation of neural structures is a widely used, nondestructive, reversible therapy, for chronic noncancer related…
