Toxic megacolon
Toxic megacolon is colonic dilation (>6cm) with systemic toxicity, usually due to an acute colitis; can involve the whole colon or only one segment.
Month January 2019
TURP syndrome
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) syndrome is fluid overload and iso-osmolar hyponatraemia during TURP from large volumes of irrigation fluid being absorbed through venous sinuses
Signs of Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot; cyanotic congenital heart disease
Rectal Examination
Rectal Examination
Pulsus Alternans
Pulsus Alternans = alteration of weak and strong pulse beats (not relate cycle length)
Neck Stiffness DDx
Meningitis Subarachnoid haemorrhage Posterior fossa syndrome Cervical spondylitis Tetanus Neck abscess Torticollis
Myotomes and Differentiating Nerve Lesions
Myotomes and Differentiating Nerve Lesions
Massive Abdominal Distension
Massive Abdominal Distension
Granulomatous diseases
Granuloma = spherical mass of immune cells that attempts to wall off a substance; organized collection of macrophages
Geography and Disease
Africa – Sickle cell, HIV, Malaria, Dengue, Variegated Porphyria (afrikaners) Anywhere in the third world – TB Asia – SARS, TB, Melioidosis Australia (Northern Territory) – Melioidosis, Dengue Developing world – Cholera, Dengue India – Malaria, Dengue Nepal – Leptospirosis,…
Double peak on arterial pulse
Aortic stenosis and regurgitation Severe AR HCM Intra-aortic balloon pump