Thoracic Key

Case 26 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 45-year-old man noted numbness in both toes for almost two years prior. The numbness had ascended to the ankles and lower legs. More…

Case 5 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 34-year-old women, gravida 3, para 2 at 40 weeks’ gestation, was admitted for irregular uterine contractions and induction of labor. The pregnancy was…

Case 4 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION A 49-year-old woman with ulcerative colitis, status post total abdominal colectomy, underwent a proctectomy, using a combined abdominal and perineal approach, for persistent proctitis…

Case 3 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Acute, severe left foot pain and weakness, coincident with an intramuscular gluteal injection of meperidine (Demerol®) developed in a 46-year-old woman, with recurrent cluster…

Case 7 HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION In a 72-year-old woman, pain developed in the right anterior thigh and knee, became severe over 2 to 3 weeks, and did not respond…

Chapter 1 The Scope of the EMG Examination Electromyography (EMG) is a term that was first coined by Weddell et al in 1943 to describe the clinical application of needle…