Case 7

Case 7-2007

Dr. Maha R. Farhat (Medicine): A 59-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of a nonhealing ulcer on the right heel and painful ulcers on the right thigh and hip. The patient had been morbidly obese since early childhood; she had had type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension for 30 years and chronic renal insufficiency for 6. Painless ulcers had developed on the plantar surfaces of ...

Worst - Case Analysis Handout 7

Annex 7 Nepal Country Case Study

Phaeochromocytoma - investigation and management of 10 cases Case 7 Case 8 Case 9 Case

Since 1960 we have diagnosed phaeochromocytoma (paraganglioma) in 10 children. The cases include a 15 year old girl who over a three year period presented with multiple paragangliomata and an associated malignant carotid body tumour. AR children were hypertensive, eight of 10 presenting with severe headaches. Diagnosis was based on finding a raised urinary vaniliylmandelic acid excretion and pl...

Industrial Subsidies and the Politics of World Trade : The Case of the Boeing 7 e 7

This paper offers a critical commentary on the launch process for a large commercial aircraft (LCA). Using the Boeing 7e7 as an example, we argue that the contemporary launch process bears little resemblance to previous practices. Specifically, the launch process involves both domestic and foreign subsidies because US production is now organized under a ‘systems integration’ basis. Under system...