Biography Born 19 November 1842 in Trautenau, Böhmen, Austro-Hungarian Empire Died 3 October 1916 in Heidelberg, Germany Medical Eponyms Czerny operation (aka Cholecystopexy) Czerny pillar suture used in the operative treatment of congenital inguinal hernia in children Key Medical Attributions…
Co-oximeter: a device that uses spectrophotometry to measure relative blood concentrations of oxyhemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, and reduced haemoglobin
High-flow nasal cannula aka heated humidified HFNC or high floe nasal prongs used in cases of hypoxic respiratory failure
With winter comes norovirus. This Q&A post tests your knowledge of what may be the perfect human pathogen.
A 13-year old female with pyelonephritis is being treated with ceftriaxone. Enterobacter cloacae is cultured. Got a problem with that?
A woman had a spinal injury from a car crash at 2 years of age; she since had spinal surgery and has a baclofen pump. Now she has a fever - what's the cause?
Australia CAP - 'Microbial Mystery' of case-based Q&As focusing on causative organisms and antibiotic selection.
A 15 year-old female with fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, whole body 'sunburn' and hypotension. It's over to you...
A 27 year old female with metastatic ovarian cancer for whom treatment options have been exhausted arrives in the ED in extremis.
21 year-old presenting to the emergency department with fevers and agitation. His lumbar puncture confirms Gram Negative Diplococci
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 106 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
What is the explanation for the discrepancy between the oxygen saturations on pulse oximetry and on arterial blood gas analysis in this patient?