John Parkinson
Sir John Parkinson (1885-1976) was an English cardiologist. In 1930, Parkinson along with Louis Wolff and Paul Dudley White, described WPW Syndrome
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Louis Wolff
Louis Wolff (1898-1972) was an American cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) described in 1930
Diagnosis, Wenckebach Squared?
Find out the solution to LITFL's most recent ECG Exigency, is the diagnosis Wenckebach? Wenckebach AV block SA block
Diagnosis, Wenckebach?
Can you spot the "deliberate" mistake and solve the puzzle of this unusual ECG tracing? Wenckebach AV block SA block
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 288
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 288
Staying on track
Every so often we stop, take stock, re-evaluate and second guess our instincts. Then we realise that is just plain stupid and carry on...
To the Nightshift ED Doctor
It's four in the morning. It's been a long night... I know, believe me. But before you discharge the 60 year-old man who came in gasping for air a few hours earlier, take the time to consider a few things.
Lung abscess
A previously healthy 22 year old man with a 4 week history. He describes the cough, some mild shortness of breath on exertion, purulent sputum, fevers, night sweats and weight loss.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 287
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 287
Friedrich von Müller
Friedrich von Müller (1858-1941) was a German physician. Revered as ‘The Great Clinician’. Müller sign in aortic regurgitation (1889).
Giovanni Mingazzini
Giovanni Mingazzini (1859 – 1929) Italian neurologist known for his extensive contributions to neuroanatomy, particularly with the study of the lenticular nucleus, cerebellum and corpus collosum, as well as the study of aphasia
A Most Discombobulating Gas
Are you discombobulated by this blood gas? It will lead you down an unexpected path...