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…
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…
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…
52-year-old man who stumbled and fell to the ground. Lateral radiograph of the left knee. There is marked soft tissue swelling over the patella (arrowhead). There is a proximally distracted…
5-year-old girl who fell onto her outstretched hand. PA radiograph of the right hand. There is fracture of the proximal phalanx of the small finger. The fracture passes through the…
30-year-old man injured in motor vehicle crash. AP (A) and lateral (B) radiographs of the left ankle. There are bimalleolar ankle fractures. There is a talar neck fracture (arrow) with…
45-year-old man who was the passenger on a motorcycle that crashed into the back of a parked truck. AP radiograph of the pelvis. There is mild widening of the right…
20-year-old woman who had a twisting foot injury on a trampoline. AP (A), oblique (B), and lateral (C) radiographs of the right foot. There is lateral subluxation of the first…
73-year-old woman in high-speed motor vehicle crash. Sagittal CT of the upper thoracic spine (left to right). There is retrolisthesis of T4 on T5 with widening of the facet joints…
Elderly woman injured in ground-level fall. AP radiograph of the left hip. There is a subcapital fracture of the femoral neck with impaction of the superior cortex (arrow) and minimal…
