Auguste Broca
Auguste Broca (1859 – 1924) was a French surgeon. Bankart lesion and shoulder operation
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Bankart Lesion
Bankart Lesion: Antero-inferior detachment of the glenoid labrum associated with first-time traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations.
Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart
Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart (1879- 1951) British Orthopaedic surgeon. Bankart Lesion - antero-inferior detachment of the glenoid labrum
Jan Waldenström
Jan Gösta Waldenström (1906 – 1996) was a Swedish physician. First to describe Waldenström macroglobulinemia (1944)
Henri Hartmann
Henri Albert Hartmann (1860-1952) was a French surgeon.True General surgeon. Hartmann procedure, Hartmann pouch.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 256
It's Friday. Boggle your brain with FFFF challenge and some old fashioned cardiology trivia with Medlife Crisis. Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 256
Above the clouds
Environmental Enigma: One of your colleagues tells you he is going to climb Mt Kilimanjaro next month. He has never been to altitude before and asks you how he can prevent altitude sickness while on his trek...
Puzzling out the PERC rule
A patient has chest pain and shortness of breath. Is there a way to rule out pulmonary embolism without further investigation? Can you use the PERC rule?
Puffed Post-Tracheostomy
An ICU patient has become increasingly 'puffed' post-tracheostomy. Can you figure out why? What are your going to do about it?
Alarmingly high pressures
A mechanically ventilated patient has high peak inspiratory pressures. You need to silence that incessant the alarm... What are you going to do?
Bronchospastic BP Badness
A young man has been intubated for severe asthma. Now his blood pressure is heading for the floor. What are you going to do about it? Think you can save a life?
Man versus Machine
A patient develops hypoxia soon after intubation. Where lies the problem? Is it man or machine?