LITFL Update 075
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History of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT): history, pioneers, modern use, efficacy, and controversy, one of psychiatry’s most enduring treatments.
LITFL Update 074
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Dominique-Jean Larrey
Dominique-Jean Larrey (1766–1842), Napoleon’s surgeon, pioneered flying ambulances, triage, and humane battlefield care, earning admiration from all sides.
Procedure: Haematoma Block
Emergency Procedure, instruction and discussion: Haematoma block; used in forearm or distal radius fracture requiring reduction
LITFL Update 073
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SimCase 002
SimCase 002: older patient with severe hypercapnia and respiratory distress. Explore ventilator setup, escalation, and troubleshooting.
Stigler’s Law of Eponymy
Stigler’s Law of Eponymy: no discovery is named after its true originator. Explore its history, Merton’s roots, and modern scientific misattribution.
LITFL Update 072
Update 072. Sending you FOAMed content from around the globe. Latest trends and best articles so that you stay top of your field.
William Henry Broadbent
Sir William Broadbent (1835–1907), British physician-neurologist; pioneer in hemiplegia theory, neurosyphilis and the pericardial Broadbent sign.
Out-Sleep the Competition: Part 3
Out-Sleep the Competition. The 80/20 Guide to Owning the Night. We work against biology. Against light. Against clock time.
Snellen chart
Snellen chart: history of visual acuity testing from Hooke to ETDRS, with key milestones, optotype design, and contributions from Snellen, Donders, Sloan