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" Guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment. "


Document Type : BL
Record Number : 848700
Title & Author : Guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment.
Edition Statement : 4th ed.
Publication Statement : Chicago :: American Medical Association,, 1993.
Page. NO : xvii, 339 pages :: illustrations ;; 29 cm
ISBN : 0899705537
: : 9780899705538
Bibliographies/Indexes : Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : (cont) Hypertensive cardiovascular disease -- Cardiomyopathies -- Pericardial heart disease -- Arrhythmias -- Vascular diseases affecting the extremities -- Hematopoietic system -- Permanent impairment related to anemia -- Permanent impairment related to polycythemia -- Permanent impairment related to white blood cell diseases or abnormalities -- Spleen and splenectomy -- Criteria for evaluating permanent impairment of the white blood cell systems -- Hemorrhagic disorders and platelets -- Inherited thrombotic disorders -- Visual system -- Central visual acuity -- Visual fields -- Abnormal ocular motility and binocular diplopia -- Steps in determining impairment of the visual system and of the whole person -- Other conditions -- Ear, nose, throat and related structures -- Digestive system -- Desirable weight -- Esophagus -- Stomach and duodenum -- Small intestine -- Colon, rectum and anus -- Enterocutaneous fistulas -- Liver and biliary tract -- Pancreas -- Hernias of the abdominal wall -- Urinary and reproductive systems -- Upper urinary tract -- Urinary diversion -- Bladder -- Urethra.
: (cont) Male reproductive organs -- Female reproductive organs -- Endocrine system -- Hypothalamic-pituitary axis -- Thyroid -- Parathyroids -- Adrenal cortex -- Adrenal medulla -- Pancreas (Islets of Langerhans) -- Gonads -- Mammary glands -- Metabolic bone disease -- Skin -- Structure and functions -- Methods of evaluating impairment -- Pruritus -- Disfigurement -- Scars and skin grafts -- Patch testing: performance, interpretation and relevance -- Criteria for evaluating permanent impairment of the skin -- Mental and behavioral disorders -- Diagnosis of impairment -- Evidence of mental impairment -- Assessing impairment severity -- Additional considerations -- Special impairment categories -- Format of the report -- Method of evaluating psychiatric impairment -- Pain -- Basic assumptions -- Definitions -- Pain, impairment and disability -- Classification and models -- Dynamic interrelationships of models -- Clinical assessment -- Treatment -- Estimating impairment -- Headache.
: Impairment evaluation -- Impairment, disability, handicap -- Structure and use of the Guides -- Are the Guides criteria objective and authoritative? -- Is the Guides widely used? -- Impairment and workers' compensation -- Railroad and maritime workers' compensation -- Usefulness of the Guides for claims and litigation -- Employability: management and administrative considerations -- Records and reports -- Medical assessment of impairment -- Rules for evaluation -- General comments on evaluation -- Preparing reports -- Musculoskeletal system -- Hand and upper extremity -- Lower extremity -- Spine -- Nervous system -- Central nervous system: cerebrum or forebrain -- Brain stem -- Spinal cord -- Muscular and peripheral nervous systems -- Pain -- Respiratory system -- Assessing the respiratory system -- Physiologic tests of pulmonary function: techniques, use and interpretation -- Criteria for evaluating permanent impairment -- Examples of permanent respiratory impairment -- Cardiovascular system -- Valvular heart disease -- Coronary heart disease -- Congenital heart disease.
Abstract : The AMA established a guide for the rating of physical impairment of the various organ systems which provides clinically sound and reproducible criteria for rating permanent impairment. Contents include- impairment evaluation; records and reports; the musculoskeletal system; the nervous system; the respiratory system; the cardiovascular system; the hematopoietic system; the visual system; ear, nose, throat, and related structures; the digestive system; the urinary and reproductive systems; the endocrine system; the skin; mental and behavioral disorders; pain.
Subject : Disability evaluation, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subject : Medical jurisprudence, Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subject : Disability Evaluation.
Subject : 44.10 public health service: general.
Subject : Disability evaluation.
Subject : Medical jurisprudence.
Subject : Arbeidsongeschiktheid.
Subject : Classificatie.
Subject : Handicaps.
Subject : Medische keuringen.
Dewey Classification : ‭614/.1‬
LC Classification : ‭RA1055.5‬‭.G85 1993‬
NLM classification : ‭W 925‬‭G946 1993‬
: ‭44.10‬bcl
Added Entry : American Medical Association.
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