Orthopaedic Conditions Among the Uninsured: Data from an American Student-Run Free Clinic.

Little is known about the epidemiology of orthopaedic conditions among the uninsured. This is a descriptive study of 107 patients presenting with 140 orthopaedic conditions for care at the student-run free clinic, the Shade Tree Clinic. Patients were 50.

Procalcitonin test in the diagnosis of bacteremia: a meta-analysis.

Study Objective: We seek to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the procalcitonin test for the diagnosis of bacteremia in the emergency department (ED) population.

Methods: We conducted a search of MEDLINE, bibliographies of previous systemic reviews, and pertinent national meeting research abstracts. We included studies that assessed the diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for bacteremia, with blood culture as the reference standard.

Young, adult, and old rats have similar changes in mRNA expression of many skeletal genes after fracture despite delayed healing with age.

Genes active in fracture healing are not well understood. Because age slows skeletal repair, the change in gene expression between animals of differing ages may illuminate novel pathways important to this healing response. To explore this, 6-, 26-, and 52-week-old female Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to mid-diaphyseal femoral fracture with intramedullary fixation.

Gene expression during fracture healing in rats comparing intramedullary fixation to plate fixation by DNA microarray.

Objective: This study was designed to compare mRNA gene expression in healing diaphyseal femoral fractures between those injuries treated with intramedullary nails and those treated with internal plate fixation.

Design: RNA gene expression was measured at 1 day, 3 days, and 1, 2, 4, and 6 weeks after surgery in the fracture callus of rats randomized to femoral shaft fracture with intramedullary nail fixation, rigid plate fixation, or sham fracture.

Setting: AAALAC-accredited vivarium of an independent academic medical center.

Spinal osteochondroma presenting as atypical spinal curvature: a case report.

Study Design: The case of an 8-year-old girl with hereditary multiple exostosis presenting with atypical spinal curvature is reported.

Objective: To describe a case of spinal curvature caused by an osteochondroma, illustrating the need for careful evaluation of patients with hereditary multiple exostosis presenting with "scoliosis."

Summary Of Background Data: Osteochondromas have been known to arise in the spinal canal and to present with symptoms of neural compression.