Tjitske Kleefstra
Tjitske Kleefstra is a Dutch Clinical Geneticist. Kleefstras syndrom (Kleefstra syndrome); previously known as the 9q subtelomere deletion syndrome (9qSTDS)
Month March 2020
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 307
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 307 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind The medical trivia FFFF.
Felix Fleischner
Felix George Fleischner (1893 - 1969) was an Austrian radiologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Fleischner sign; one of several described CXR signs of pulmonary embolus
James Hayes Fellowship Study Group 2020
James Hayes has been helping trainees pass the FACEM exam since the dawn of time. Here is how Neil Long describes the study group that James leads:
Nils Westermark
Nils Johan Hugo Westermark (1892 - 1980) was a Swedish radiologist. Westermark sign (1938) of relative oligemia on CXR in pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary Embolism: Next Generation
Lauren Westafer introduces the concept of a new generation of pulmonary embolism (PE). What was once considered a deadly disease process now carries a mortality rate of <3%, which may be driven by overtesting as well as overdiagnosis.
POCUS Physics 3
Where to pinpoint your needle tip, how to ping a U-boat, and why ultrasound nearly sank Celine Dion. It's pulsating stuff.
Sgarbossa Criteria history
Sgarbossa's rule, proposed for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in the presence of left bundle branch block. Sgarbossa Criteria can be used to assist in determining which patients with LBBB are having an AMI.
Walter Holbrook Gaskell
Walter Holbrook Gaskell (1847-1914) was a British physiologist central to our current understanding of cardiac physiology
Pierre Barrère
Pierre Barrère (1690 - 1755) was a French physician and naturalist. He published works in medicine, presenting cadaveric dissections and detailed descriptions of pathologies such as pericardial effusion
William Morrant Baker
William Morrant Baker (1839 – 1896) was a British General Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Baker's cyst and Baker's cannula, a flexible tracheal cannula
Adult CXR Cases 004
February 2020 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Alyssa Thomas, MD and Claire Milam, MD