منابع مشابه
[Use of the tourniquet test in diagnosing dengue-like syndrome].
A 26-year-old nurse presented with a three-day history of sudden onset of pyrexia of 39 °C, malaise, and a patchy maculopapular rash, after returning from a monthlong work in Senegal. A tourniquet was applied to help locate the vein for diagnostic blood sampling. After the procedure, a petechial rash erupted with a demarcation line below the level of the tourniquet. A diagnostic test for dengue...
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BACKGROUND Dengue fever is a ubiquitous arboviral infection in tropical and sub-tropical regions, whose incidence has increased over recent decades. In the absence of a rapid point of care test, the clinical diagnosis of dengue is complex. The World Health Organisation has outlined diagnostic criteria for making the diagnosis of dengue infection, which includes the use of the tourniquet test (T...
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CLINICAL MATERIAL OF necessity, a very large sample of procedures needs to be gathered to give a significant amount of information, as complications from the use of tourniquets are rare. Because of their rarity and the concern of the surgeon on these occasions, it was thought that questionnaire information was likely to be quite accurate. One hundred and fifty-one members of the Australian Orth...
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were more aware of the existence of the characteristic clinical syndrome which may follow the application of a tourniquet and which is the subject of this paper. This complication can be overlooked for several reasons. First, the paralysis and the associated phenomena can be of relatively short duration. Secondly, the lesion can be a mild one and result in an incomplete paralysis, which may be ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Swiss Medical Forum ‒ Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1424-4020
DOI: 10.4414/smf.2020.08370