Working in twos, nurses slipped a needle into a vein in the hollow of the child’s elbow (what doctors call the antecubital fossa) and snapped a vacuum seal. Immediately the tube began to fill ...

in a positive result, ≥10 petechiae per square inch will appear in the cubital fossa 1-2 minutes after deflating the cuff11 ...

His haemoglobin recovered to 13.3 g/L, but the bruising progressed (a large bruise developed over his left cubital fossa). At this point, he received a haematology referral. Labs in the haematology ...

49 Ulnar nerve evaluation at the elbow should include inspection in the arm above the elbow, retrocondylar groove, medial epicondyle, cubital tunnel and forearm ... At the proximal popliteal fossa, ...

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There are two types of ulnar nerve entrapment that lead to different effects: Cubital tunnel syndrome, caused by entrapment or compression at the elbow. It is relatively common. Guyon's canal syndrome ...

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