“While in our contemporary life, we are constantly pushed to activate our sympathetic response, when we proactively practice mindfulness, self-compassion, meditate, and breathe slowly, it’s the vagus ...

Traditionally, anatomic landmarks, such as the anterior superior iliac spine and symphysis pubis, have guided percutaneous common femoral artery (CFA) access, along with manual palpation of the pulse ...

Clinical examination includes history of symptoms, such as pain, cool or pale limb, and claudication, palpation of femoral, popliteal and ankle pulses as well as Doppler-derived systolic blood ...

Garlove said she was aware and testified that Dr. Davidow did what he could to make patients feel comfortable and that Davidow performed femoral pulse exams on both males and females.

Defendants all concede the femoral pulse exam would make patients feel uncomfortable but don’t agree with the plaintiffs that it’s sexual assault. “The crux of this case is really the ...

BACKGROUND: Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) is the gold standard for noninvasive arterial stiffness assessment, an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease, and a potential ...

The patient had remained well since the procedure. On examining the patient, you find her mildly tachypnoeic (respiratory rate 50 BPM), with bilaterally equal air entry and saturations of 95%. She has ...