Clubbing is defined as the bulbous enlargement of the terminal phalanges due to proliferation of connective tissue between the fingernail and the bone. It is characterized by increase in anteroposterior as well as transverse diameter of nails and obliteration of onychodermal or lovibond’s angle (angle between the nail base and the adjacent skin fold).
Other names for Clubbing:
a. Acropachy
b. Hippocratic fingers
c. …
Definition
The term fever of unknown origin (FUO) is best reserved for children with a fever documented by a health care provider and for which the cause could not be identified after 3 wk of evaluation as an outpatient or after 1 wk of evaluation in hospital.
Nelson Text Book 18thEdition
Ergönül O, Willke A, Azap A, et al. Revised definition of ‘fever of …
PFT- The term encompasses a wide variety of objective methods to assess lung function.
Ventilatory Lung Function Tests
Spirometry
Peak Expiratory Flow Rate
Helium Dilution technique
Body Plethysmography
Assessment of Pulmonary Gas Exchange or Diffusion
Blood gas analysis
Pulse oximetry
Measurement of diffusing capacity
Assessment of Pulmonary perfusion
Methods of measurement of pulmonary circulation
Ventilation-Perfusion by Lung Scan
Pulmonary function testing in infants and young children
Plethysmography and nasal pneumotachography
Blood gas analysis provides the …
ANATOMY OF APPENDIX
Because of the variation in position, the appendix is said to be the only organ in the body without anatomy. However, the anatomy of vermiform appendix has been discussed in detail here.
ETIOLOGY
1. White race > Dark race; Young males; Middle class and rich
2. Diet rich in meat and lacking cellulose
3. Long retrocecal appendix (due to diminished blood supply)
4. …
Some facial characteristics are so typical of certain diseases that they immediately suggest the diagnosis. These are pathognomic to certain disease and are called diagnostic facies. Some of the important diagnostic facies are:
Acromegalic facies (Acromegaly)
Large supraorbital ridge and frontal bossing, thickened lips, enlarge tongue, lower jaw firm and square (protruding jaw = prognathism)
Adenoid facies (Adenoid hypertrophy)
Long, open-mouthed, dumb-looking face of …
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