When you travel from Perth in Western Australia to San Francisco you are in for a long day...a forty hour day in fact, thanks to the arbitrary placement of the international dateline. I am here to meet emergency medicine edumactor extraordinaire Mel Herbert at the USC Essentials of Emergency Medicine extravaganza...
David Bayford (1739-1790) was an English surgeon and physician. Biography Medical Eponyms Bayford-Autenrieth dysphagia [aka Dysphagia lusoria] (1787; 1807) Dysphagia secondary to an aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) In February I76I, Bayford was present for an autopsy where an emaciated woman…
Peyronie disease refers to plaques (flat scar tissue) forming under the skin of the penis. The plaques can be palpated through the skin; are often painful; and can cause the penis to bend, shorten or become indented during erections.
Charles Clifford Macklin (1883-1959) was a Canadian pulmonologist. Macklin Effect (1939)
Issue 2 (Vol. 27) of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) for 2015 published online 25 March. Editorial overview Andrew Gosbell & Geoff Hughes
Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856-1938) was a Hungarian born, French dermatologist and physician. Affiliated with Darrier sign and Darier disease
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned trivia. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 272
An ECG case of Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia focusing on two main causes: digoxin toxicity & catecholaminergic polymorphic VT - CPVT
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 184 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
A 24 year old woman fell on an outstretched hand while playing netball. Describe her forearm X-ray
Thomas test is a physical examination test, first described in 1875 by the Welsh bonesetter Hugh Owen Thomas (1834–1891)
Issue 1 (Vol. 27) of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) for 2015 published online 27th January. Editorial overview Andrew Gosbell & Geoff Hughes