ALLMedicine™ Frostbite Center

May 18th, 2022 - Acute traumatic ischemias are an array of disorders that range from crush injuries to compartment syndromes, from burns to frostbite and from threatened flaps to compromised reimplantations. Two unifying components common to these conditions are a...

Apr 22nd, 2022 - The spectrum of cold injuries ranges from frostnip, chilblains to severe frostbite. Cold injuries occur upon prolonged exposure to freezing temperature and are pathologically a combination of ice crystal formation in the tissue resulting in inflam...

Apr 9th, 2022 - As more people take to extreme sporting activities and hobbies, the sports medicine physician should be proficient in early identification and initial sideline or field management of cold weather injuries. There is significant mortality and morbid...

Apr 6th, 2022 - Frostbite is a severe thermal injury, which characterized by tissue necrosis with a high percentage of amputations, disability of patients. According to the databases Web of Science, Google Scholar, PubMed, E-library down to 2001-2021 the search f...

Mar 17th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Ainhum (dactylolysis spontanea) is a condition of idiopathic etiology involving a bandlike constriction of the soft tissue of a digit. Generally, the constriction presents bilaterally, with involvement of the fifth digit most c...

Jul 22nd, 2019 - The Wilderness Medical Society convened an expert panel to develop a set of evidence-based guidelines for prevention and treatment of frostbite. We present a review of pertinent pathophysiology. We then discuss primary and secondary prevention mea...

Sep 28th, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of using sous vide devices for heating and maintaining the circulating warm water bath used in the rewarming of acute frostbite.

Aug 17th, 2017 - Raynaud's phenomenon is a disorder characterized by spasm of digital arteries leading to blanching, coldness and discomfort of the affected digit, affecting up to 3-5% of the population at some time in their lives. Raynaud's is roughly classified ...

Oct 3rd, 2012 - Lidocaine finger blocks have been shown to provide analgesia for nearly 5 hours without epinephrine and approximately 10 hours with epinephrine - essentially doubling its duration.1,2 The analgesic effect of epinephrine on the duration of bupivaca...

Mar 10th, 2022 - Hypothermia, frostbite, respiratory diseases, mental health issues, and a lack of treatment for heart disease and cancer are the biggest health concerns at the moment for the people of Ukraine, the World Health Organization says. The WHO also is m...

Dec 14th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. As health care administrators and federal officials coordinate COVID-19 vaccine distribution this weekend, they're paying attention to one of the ...

Aug 26th, 2019 - To the Editor: A 60-year-old man with a history of basal cell carcinoma, rosacea, and seborrheic dermatitis presented for a routine skin examination. The patient mentioned incidentally that both of his ears were “rock hard” and had been so for the.

Aug 26th, 2019 - To the Editor: A 60-year-old man with a history of basal cell carcinoma, rosacea, and seborrheic dermatitis presented for a routine skin examination. The patient mentioned incidentally that both of his ears were “rock hard” and had been so for the.

Jul 31st, 2019 - Guidelines on the prevention and treatment of frostbite were released in July 2019 by the Wilderness Medical Society.[1] Prevention Preventive measures include maintaining peripheral perfusion, exercise, and protection from cold. The following mea...