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.

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