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MUSCULOSKELETAL INSIGHTS FROM ORTHOGATE PRESS

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MUSCULOSKELETAL INSIGHTS FROM ORTHOGATE PRESS

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Trauma resuscitation begins with securing and maintaining the ABCs: airway, breathing, and circulation. Evaluation of the musculoskeletal system must be deferred to these priorities because when a patient cannot get oxygen into the lungs or cannot circulate oxygenated blood to the brain, ischemic damage occurs within 4 minutes. Muscle and...
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Metabolic bone diseases are those in which abnormal formation or maintenance of bone leads to clinical manifestations such as fracture and deformity. Metabolic bone diseases are characterized by failed skeletal homeostasis. This failure may be caused by an abnormality in mineral homeostasis, such as calcium wasting in kidney disease; however,...
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Infections of the bones and joints, although less common than infections in other parts of the body, are nonetheless significant clinical problems. These infections generally fall into three broad categories: (1) infection of the joint (septic arthritis), (2) infection of the bone (osteomyelitis), and (3) soft-tissue or bone infection adjacent...
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Acute low back pain will affect most adults at least once in their lives, yet nearly all will recover spontaneously, often without a precise diagnosis ever being made. Most back pain is idiopathic, meaning that its exact cause is unknown. Many patients with back pain have abnormalities that appear on...
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Adult Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that is probably triggered by an antigen and presents as an inflammatory reaction against the synovium in the joint (Fig. 1 Figure 1 Pathogenesis of RA is complex, involving immune processes lead byT cells, cytokine-driven events (responsible for most...
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Osteoarthritis is a family of degenerative joint diseases characterized by chronic pain, deformity, and progressive physical and psychological disability. Osteoarthritis without an identified cause is called primary osteoarthritis. Secondary osteoarthritis results from known precipitants such as bone ischemia, trauma, and neuropathy, among others. The common terminal state for all forms...
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Shoulder and Arm Bones and Joints The shoulder comprises three bones (the clavicle, scapula, and humerus) and three joints (the glenohumeral, the acromioclavicular [AC], and the scapulothoracic) (Fig. 1). Figure 1 The bones of the shoulder: the clavicle, humerus, and scapula. The clavicle articulates with the scapula at the acromioclavicular...
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Inflammation is characterized by erythema, warmth, pain, and edema. Acute inflammation generally occurs in response to an injury or introduction of foreign material at a specific site and is an important part of wound healing. Chronic inflammation is usually associated with a systemic disease process, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA),...
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Skeletal muscle is the single largest tissue mass in the body, constituting 40% to 45% of the dry body weight. Muscles attach to the bones and produce movements or exert static forces. They can be connected directly to bone or insert on a bone by means of a tendon, which...

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