Blood Gas Analyser
Blood Gas Analyser: machine for point of care measurement of arterial blood gas indices and electrolytes
Category LITFL
Ultrasound Case 077
Ultrasound guided peripheral intravenous cannula placement. Out-of-plane technique for PIV cannula placement.
Hermann Oppenheim
Hermann Oppenheim (1858-1919) was a German neurologist. Oppenheim sign/reflex (1902) and the archaic term Oppenheim disease (1900)
Thomas Willis
Thomas Willis (1621–1675) was an English physician.
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Willis-Ekbom disease
Restless legs syndrome (RLS)/Willis-Ekbom disease (WED) is characterized by an urge to move the legs, usually associated with limb discomfort. The symptoms occur at rest, are relieved by movement, and are worst in the evening and at night.
Karl-Axel Ekbom
Karl-Axel Ekbom (1907-1977) Swedish neurologist. Eponym: Willis-Ekbom syndrome (Restless leg syndrome); Ekbom Syndrome II (Delusion of parasitosis)
Nikolay Sergeevich Korotkov
Nikolay Sergeevich Korotkov (Николай Сергеевич Коротков) (1874 – 1920) was a Russian surgeon.
Scipione Riva-Rocci
Scipione Riva-Rocci (1863-1937) was an Italian physician and paediatrician. Riva-Rocci introduced the upper arm cuff to measure systolic blood pressure
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Irukandji Syndrome Territory-style
You are working as a locum doctor in the Northern Territory. Your patient is a 32 year-old Indonesian man who says he was stung while hauling in a net on an offshore fishing vessel.