Health First Medical Group Nurse Practitioner Joy Cruz detected a troubling sound in Fred's carotid artery called a bruit.

Cervical bruits in patients who are asymptomatic or who have nonhemispheric neurological symptoms present a universal challenge. Of 4,000 patients evaluated noninvasively for carotid occlusive ...

cerebral or peripheral); carotid bruit; carotid evaluation prior to major surgery; and cerebrovascular symptoms. Selection of patients for this study focused on representation of all %S intervals ...

There is no bruit on her left retroaural region. The rest of her neurological exam was benign. The patient was alert and oriented 3×. cranial nerves (CN) I–XII were intact. No carotid bruits were ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Primary congenital glaucoma is a rare disease but has a major impact on the child’s development and quality of life over his/her whole life span. Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy can make a ...