Chronic Leg Pain – Problem Solved

Chronic leg pain.

431 tumour is unlikely to cure the Cushing's syndrome as these cases often present late. Considering the limited value of the therapeutic interventions, the prognosis, especially in ectopic ACTH syndrome associated with malignant tumours, is very poor,4 9 with a mean survival of 3 to 5 months. Final diagnosis Ectopic ACTH syndrome secondary to lung cancer and secondary diabetes mellitus. of the...

Chronic Lower Leg Pain in Athletes

CONTEXT Chronic lower leg pain in athletes can be a frustrating problem for patients and a difficult diagnosis for clinicians. Myriad approaches have been suggested to evaluate these conditions. With the continued evolution of diagnostic studies, evidence-based guidance for a standard approach is unfortunately sparse. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION PubMed was searched from January 1980 to May 2011 to i...

Chronic leg pain in the athlete.

Chronic leg pain in athletes results from various conditions. Proper diagnosis requires careful examination, knowledge of the various presentations, and appropriate use of diagnostic studies. These conditions can often coexist, making accurate diagnosis difficult. Most exercise-induced leg pain responds to conservative nonsurgical treatment; however, certain syndromes such as chronic compartmen...

Pain: one mystery solved.

Is Scheduling a Solved Problem?

In recent years, scheduling research has had an increasing impact on practical problems, and a range of scheduling techniques have made their way into realworld application development. Constraint-based models now couple rich representational flexibility with highly scalable constraint management and search procedures. Similarly, mathematical programming tools are now capable of addressing prob...