Last time I had my cholesterol done it was 225. Dr. Hibberd's answer: Yes, high cholesterol is a familial disorder and does have a genetic component. Your height and weight do not factor into your cholesterol levels, but they do factor into your cardiac, stroke, and vascular risks.
Medical Side of the War: Challenges and Triumphs. Amputations. Amputations were the most common surgical procedure of the war. Many lives were saved by these operations even though there was public criticism for performing too many amputations.
Hemorrhagic contusion is the most frequent type of injury to the colon, followed by serosal tears, which occur most commonly in the transverse colon. Severe injuries occur more commonly in the sigmoid, right colon, and cecum, where frank rupture or devitalization from vascular compromise may result.njury to the transverse colon appears to have more associated injuries than other sites of colon injury. In the series reported by Dauterive et al, the most frequently encountered intra-abdominal injuries involved the liver (64%), spleen (52%), and small bowel mesentery (48%).