Month December 2018

Kayser-Fleischer Ring

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1902 Kayser 1903 – Fleischer description in the same journal, a year after Kayser. His contribution went beyond that of Kayser, he recognised that the ring was a marker for a…

Ultrasound cases top 100 340

Ultrasound Case 034

A 22 year old man is brought in by ambulance after a rugby injury - he was sandwiched between two players. He is complaining of left lower anterolateral chest pain worse with inspiration.

EBM Gone Wild mountain 340

Maybe clothing technology hasn’t gotten better

Early in the 20th century, explorers were busy trying to reach the poles and climbing mountains, simply because they were there. The casual observer from modern times must wonder how they were able to tolerate such cold temperatures without the…

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

CCC Update 004

CCC Update 004 features glucose control, echo for AS, sugammadex, post-arrest prognosis, SDD, physiotherapy, pandemic, bicarb and DKA, and HSV encephalitis

Ultrasound cases top 100 340

Ultrasound Case 033

A 49 year old woman falls off her bike, she is stable and has an abrasion along her right flank. You can feel a mass in the RUQ and perform an EFAST scan.

FFFF-Feature Funtabulous LITFL 340

Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 090

In the 90th FFFF you will develop a new found fear of caterpillars, be mystifed by Obecalp, puzzle over what over 70% of antibiotics are used for in the good ole USA, weigh up the framing effect and undergo surgery in 1945 with an unusual implement...

EBM Gone Wild mountain 340

Just how clean is that water container?

If you’re drinking water when recreating (and you should be), how important is choice of container to the cleanliness of the water? Proponents of water bottles certainly show how much easier they are to clean than your average hydration bladder.…

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

CCC Update 003

CCC Update 003 features the glycocalyx, septic emboli, VBG v ABG, splenectomy care, antibiotic timing, storage lesions, submassive PE & lit summaries.

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Lasègue test

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1864 Lasègue  1880 Lazarević 1881 J. J. Forst the patient is placed on the bed in supine position, and we take the foot of the affected limb in one hand… holding…

Lazar K. Lazarević (Лазаp К. Лазаревић) (1851 – 1891) 1200

Laza Lazarević

Lazar K. Lazarević (Лазаp К. Лазаревић) (1851 - 1891) was a Serbian psychiatrist, neurologist and writer

Roy Glenwood Spurling (1894 – 1968) 340

Roy Glenwood Spurling

Col. Roy Glenwood Spurling (1894 – 1968) was an American neurosurgeon. Eponymously affiliated with Spurling manoeuvre or Spurling Test described in 1944 as a provocative test of the cervical spine in cervical radiculopathy