Manes Kartagener
Manes Kartagener (1897 - 1975) was an Austrian-Swiss physician. First to report the triad of situs inversus, chronic sinusitis and bronchiectasis in 1933 – Kartagener syndrome.
Month February 2019
Scientists discover genetic marker for administration
Molecular biologists working with a team of anthropologists have discovered a new gene that is set to revise the theories of social structure in humans. The team initially embarked on an ambitious project to discover when humans and our early…
Your Management Team May Be Parasites
Management has synonymously been associated with bad decisions, selective cost cutting, raising it’s own salary and attempting to rob others of their ideas. This perception has led people to view managers as parasites, which according to new scientific data may…
EMA October 2013
Insights and summary of Issue 5 (Vol. 25) of Emergency Medicine Australasia published from Andrew Gosbell & Tony Brown
CICM SAQ 2012.2 Q3
Q1. A 49-year-old female, with a history of pulmonary vasculitis is found collapsed in the ward with shallow breathing and a GCS of 6.
CICM SAQ 2012.1 Q18
Questions a) List the clinical features that indicate a poor prognosis in a patient with community-acquired pneumonia? b) List 5 common organisms causing severe community acquired pneumonia in immunocompetent adults. c) What are the possible reasons for non-response to empiric…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 169
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 169 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Subcutaneous emphysema Case 1
An elderly patient with a history of mild COPD presents after falling onto a chair and hitting their chest. The presentation is with chest pain and shortness of breath. What does this scan demonstrate?
Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Trouble-shooting
Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Trouble-shooting QA cardiovascular curveball. Your patient has poor cardiac output after CABGx4 and starts IABP
CICM SAQ 2014.1 Q26
Questions With reference to clinical studies: a) Define the term “external validity”. b) Define the term “bias”. c) Briefly explain selection bias and measures to reduce it. Answers
CICM SAQ 2011.1 Q21
A 40 year old man with a history of ankylosing spondylitis and known difficulty with intubation on previous elective surgery is admitted to your ICU for hypoxic respiratory failure.
CICM SAQ 2012.2 Q10
A 45-year-old man is admitted to the Emergency Department after ingesting an unknown quantity of “headache tablets”. His initial complaints are nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath and tinnitus. Fluid resuscitation has been commenced. You are asked to assess him as he is getting more dyspnoeic.