Category LITFL

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Liebermeister rule

Liebermeister rule: Defining the relationship between pulse frequency and body temperature in fever. Carl von Liebermeister (1833 - 1901)

Letter from America

Letter From America

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...

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David Bayford

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…

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Peyronie’s disease

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.

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EMA April 2015

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

Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856-1938) was a Hungarian born, French dermatologist and physician. Affiliated with Darrier sign and Darier disease

Clinical Cases ECG LITFL 680

Troubling Tachycardia

An ECG case of Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia focusing on two main causes: digoxin toxicity & catecholaminergic polymorphic VT - CPVT