Musculoskeletal Key

Fig. 40.1 (a) Ambulatory patient with spastic diplegia requires only a stick or pole for balance. (b) In contrast, a boy with spastic quadriplegia is barely able to crawl and…

Fig. 26.1 (a, b) This forearm fracture was treated by a locally made splint. (c) In a similar case, the fracture healed in excellent alignment; (d) however, the treatment was…

Fig. 12.1 Severe genu varum deformities from Blount’s disease Differential Diagnosis Physiological bilateral genu vara in otherwise healthy infants will spontaneously correct by 2–3 years of age, after which genu valga…

Anatomic type Description Initial surgical debridement and dead space management Reconstruction I: Medullary Biofilm nidus in endosteum (scar, implant, dead bone) Unroofing by corticotomy, canal reaming, or both Dead space…

Drug Adult Children Metoclopramide 10 mg IV 0.1–0.2 mg/kg IV Famotidine 20 mg IV 0.5 mg/kg IV Ranitidine 50 mg IV 1 mg/kg IV Omeprazole 20 mg IV 0.5 mg/kg IV 0.3 M sodium…

Fig. 3.1 In many LMICs, those in the middle class, including health professionals, have a high incidence of obesity Patients over 40 undergoing surgery should have a fasting or random…

Fig. 1.1 The bright, clean, welcoming entrance to CURE’s Pediatric Orthopedic Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya The history of Western practitioners working in resource-poor countries cannot be separated from the question…