Year 2022
V. Ray Bennett (1922 – 1996) 680

V. Ray Bennett

V.Ray Bennett (1922 – 1996) was an American engineer whose contributions to respiratory medicine resulted in saving thousands of lives during the Polio epidemic

Shepherd fracture 680

Shepherd fracture

Sherpherd fracture: Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the lateral tubercle caused by inversion or extreme equinus (1882)

Cedell fracture 680

Cedell fracture

Cedell fracture (1974): Posterior talar process fracture with injury to the posteromedial tubercle caused by forced dorsiflexion and pronation

Heart HQ cardiology podcast 680

Heart HQ: Hypertension

Heart HQ - Episode 16: Hypertension. According to the Heart Foundation, 1 in 3 adults have high blood pressure in Australia. As many people are asymptomatic, they may be unaware they have hypertension.

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Breaking Bad News to Patients and Relatives

Bad news has been defined as “any information which adversely and seriously affects an individual's view of his or her future” (Baille et al, 2000). Effective communication doesn't happen by chance, it requires a systematic, considered approach

CCC Critical Care Compendium 680

Urine Colour

Normally, urine is some shade of yellow with acid urine usually a darker colour than alkaline urine. Pathologically, it may be any colour.

Sir Ivan Whiteside Magill (1888 – 1986) 680

Ivan Magill

Sir Ivan Whiteside Magill (1888 – 1986) was an Irish Anaesthetist. Epomnymously affiliated with various anaesthetic devices such as the Magill forceps

Josef Jadassohn (1863-1936) 680

Josef Jadassohn

Josef Jadassohn (1863 - 1936) was a German dermatologist. Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome (pachyonychia congenita) (1906); Borst-Jadassohn; Jadassohn-Tièche blue naevus; Jadassohn-Bloch Technique

CCC Critical Care Compendium 680

CPR and Pregnancy

Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is a rare occurrence. There are a few common aetiologies and considerations while resuscitating.