of another condition, such as spina bifida, cerebral palsy, spinal muscular atrophy, or physical trauma).
A lesser known underlying cause of scoliosis could be attributed to a condition called Chiari malformation. Recent longitudinal studies reveal that the most common form of the condition, late-onset idiopathic scoliosis, is physiologically harmless and self-limiting even without treatment
Laboratory Monitoring of Patients with HIV Infection
Patients with CD4+ T cell counts <200/L are at high risk of disease from P. jiroveci, while patients with CD4+ T cell counts <50/L are at high risk of disease from CMV, mycobacteria of the M. avium complex (MAC), and/or T. gondii. Patients with HIV infection should have CD4+ T cell measurements performed at the time of diagnosis and every 3&
of ischemic symptoms.
Acute occlusion in the distal abdominal aorta is medical emergency because it threatens the viability of the lower extremities
It usually results from an occlusive embolus that almost always originates from the heart
Clinical manifestations
: severe rest pain, coolness, pallor of the lower extremities and the absence of distal pulses bilaterally
Diagnosi
Inflammatory disease of the spine that can lead to stiffening of the back
Dr. Bernard O’Connor (1666-1698)
Krebs (1934) ‘obliteration of the sacroiliac joints’
Chronic & progressive form of seronegative arthritis with axial skeleton predominance
Affects 0.1-0.2% of the population
90-95% of patients are HLA-B27 positive
7% of general population is positive, only 1% of positives will d