Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to N D Baker.
The efficacy of using unenhanced head computed tomography (CT scans) as a routine screening procedure prior to lumbar puncture in the emergency department is studied retrospectively by comparing opening pressure during lumbar puncture to CT scan diagnosis in 42 patients. No correlation was found between CT scan findings and opening pressure.
The arthropathy of hemochromatosis mimics aspects of both rheumatoid arthritis and degenerative joint disease. The negative latex fixation, involvement of weightbearing and non-weightbearing joints, as well as the peculiar involvement of the second and third metacarpophalangeal joints serve to distinguish this rare arthropathy from other inflammatory and degenerative arthritides. The purpose of this paper is to present a case of hemochromatosis arthritis with unusual bilateral involvement of the naviculocuneiform and tarsometatarsal joints. Only two cases of hemochromatosis of the foot have been previously reported, and those had involvement limited to the first metatarsophalangeal joint.