Dressler syndrome: Fibrinous or fibrinohaemorrhagic secondary pericarditis that occurs as a result of injury to the heart or pericardium, either from myocardial infarction (MI) or cardiac surgery. Also known as post myocardial infarction syndrome
Tuohy Needle with Huber point: Non-coring type needle with a transversely curved wall and side hole giving it a long, sharp, curved tip. EB Tuohy (1946)
Some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF, introducing the Funtabulous International Women's Day Quiz for 2019 with Dr Colleen Taylor
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 191 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
An ECG case of pacemaker failure. Can you guess the underlying cause of the Pacemaker Panic?
A femoral arterial blood gas sample is obtained from a 41 year old man...obtained when the barometric pressure was 272mmHg and the PiO2 47mmHg
APGAR scoring system is a comprehensive screening tool which should be used to assess newborns at birth. Virginia Apgar 1953
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 190 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
The Miller laryngoscope is a straight blade designed to obtain a view of the vocal cords by directly lifting the epiglottis. It has useful application in ‘floppy’ airways making it popular within paediatric anaesthesia
A case of anterior MI presenting with De Winter T waves. Learn to recognise this sign of critical LAD stenosis on the ECG...
A 57 year old man presents to the ED with 18 hours of severe upper abdominal pain, fever, nausea and vomiting. He looks jaundiced, his HR is 120bpm, BP 110/60, RR 22 and his temperature is 37.8oC. He is tender and guarded in his right upper quadrant on abdominal palpation.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 189 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.