Mark Akenside
Mark Akenside (1721–1770) English physician and poet. First described von Recklinghausen disease (NF-1) in 1767 and Contusio cordis (1763)
Category LITFL
Another TCA overdose!
A classic overdose for you to ponder in classic Q&A style, which incidentally marks the 50th toxicology conundrum on LITFL!
Alprazoslammed
An ingestion of 100mg of alprazolam... Boring benzodiazepine or badness brewing? Find out in this case-based series of questions-and-answers.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 130
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 130 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 132
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 132 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 133
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 133 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 134
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 134 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 135
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 135 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Flexible bronchoscope
Flexible bronchoscope may be fibre optic, video or hybrid systems; diagnose diseases of the tracheobronchial tree (e.g. burns, tumours); obtain lung samples
Procedures and Coagulopathy
Procedures and Coagulopathy: many procedures are contra-indicated in the presence of coagulopathy; the degree of acceptable coagulopathy for different procedures is controversial
Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System
Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System = MARS; short-term extracorporeal hepatic support; so-called ‘liver dialysis’
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 137
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 137 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.