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The standard for evaluating and reporting medical impairments. Guides 4th Edition is widely used by physicians and non-physicians for understanding and using impairment information appropriately. 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. 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. (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. Theodore C. Doege, Editor ; Thomas P. Houston, Associate Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Covering every body system, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fourth Edition, offers a complete, standardized system for understanding and using impairment information most appropriately. Widely recognized as the most reliable medical reference on impairment evaluation, the AMA GuidesTM are highly valued by both physicians and health care professionals for the validity of its fundamental medical and scientific concepts, its universally applicable analytical approach and its detailed medical evaluation protocol.Features and BenefitsOffers insight into regulatory issuesIn-depth case reports and examplesAdverse effects of pharmaceuticalsOrgan transplant informationA dedicated chapter on pain The Guides was first published in book form in 1971 in response to a public need for a standardized, objective approach to evaluating medical impairments.