Diagnosis, Wenckebach Squared?
Find out the solution to LITFL's most recent ECG Exigency, is the diagnosis Wenckebach? Wenckebach AV block SA block
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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).
A Most Discombobulating Gas
Are you discombobulated by this blood gas? It will lead you down an unexpected path...
R&R In The FASTLANE 023
Research and Reviews (R&R) in the FastLane: experts worldwide tell us what they think is worth reading from emergency medicine and critical care literature
Percivall Pott
Percivall Pott (1714-1788) was a British surgeon. Extensive work with hernia repair, hydrocoele repair, vertebral TB and his own Pott fracture
LITFL and the Hackocalypse
It has been 341 days since the original site lifeinthefastlane was hacked and white space Trojan code filled our server with deleterious effect. To date we have re-written, reviewed and transferred over 5000 pages/posts; and 1million words to our new…