Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection of an Anomalous Right Coronary Artery in a Young Male.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a tear in the coronary artery layers that presents clinically as an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), ventricular arrhythmias, or sudden cardiac death (SCD). It is uncommon for young healthy males with no comorbid conditions to have SCAD. We report an interesting case of SCAD in an anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) in a young 33-year-old male.

A novel methodology for the objective ascertainment of psychic and existential damage.

Personal injury is a legal term for a physical or psychic injury suffered by the plaintiff under civil and/or tort law. With reference to non-pecuniary damages, the evidence itself of physical and/or psychic injury is not sufficient for damage compensation. The process of ascertaining impairments and/or disabilities which pertain to the "personal sphere" of the individual, such as pain and suffering, loss of amenity, and/or psycho-existential damage, poses particular difficulties in relation to the obtainment of scientific evidence.

Padova Charter on personal injury and damage under civil-tort law : Medico-legal guidelines on methods of ascertainment and criteria of evaluation.

Compensation for personal damage, defined as any pecuniary or non-pecuniary loss causally related to a personal injury under civil-tort law, is strictly based on the local jurisdiction and therefore varies significantly across the world. This manuscript presents the first "International Guidelines on Medico-Legal Methods of Ascertainment and Criteria of Evaluation of Personal Injury and Damage under Civil-Tort Law". This consensus document, which includes a step-by-step illustrated explanation of flow charts articulated in eight sequential steps and a comprehensive description of the ascertainment methodology and the criteria of evaluation, has been developed by an International Working Group composed of juridical and medico-legal experts and adopted as Guidelines by the International Academy of Legal Medicine (IALM).

[Fibromyalgia and anxiety disorder.].

Objective: The etiology of fibromyalgia is unclear. The diagnosis is based on widespread pain and muscular tenderness, but other symptoms often occur, such as sleep disturbance, excessive anxiety and fatigue and concentration difficulties. All these symptoms can occur in generalized anxiety disorder.

A meta-analytic review of surface electromyography among persons with low back pain and normal, healthy controls.

Unlabelled: Significant differences in surface electromyography (SEMG) have been reported between persons with low back pain (LBP) and normal, healthy controls. This manuscript presents a systematic meta-analytic review of studies examining SEMG differences between these groups. Forty-four articles were identified using MEDLINE and a review of reference lists in articles.