Gestational edema occurs in late pregnancy ... or hypoalbuminemia. Pitting is a subjective assessment using the grading scale of 1+ for mild and up to 4+ for deep pitting. Given the subjective ...

After a long day at the office, a pretty typical presenting line I hear is, “I see a little indent around my ankle from where my sock was,” after the ...

There are two primary forms of edema - pitting edema and non-pitting (lymphatic) edema. Pitting edema, often linked to systemic issues like heart or kidney disease, occurs when pressing on swollen ...