Bloody Diarrhoea
Dysentery (bloody diarrhoea) is usually associated with fever but this is not always the case. Shigella aetiology, differential and management
Category LITFL
Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome
Lown–Ganong–Levine syndrome (LGL): Proposed pre-excitation syndrome. Accessory pathway composed of James fibres.
Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen
Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen (1833 - 1910) was a German pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with von Recklinghausen disease (neurofibromatosis NF-1); von Recklinghausen tumor (adenoleiomyofibroma); and von Recklinghausen canals (lymphatic canaliculi).
von Recklinghausen disease
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is the term used to describe a group of genetic disorders primarily affecting the cell growth of neural tissues. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a neurodermal dysplasia, previously known as von Recklinghausen disease. (1882)
EMI 027 What does the spleen do?
Emergency Musical Interlude: Class of 2016 (HMS/HSDM) parody of The Fox by Ylvis - what does the spleen do?
René Laennec
René Laennec (1781-1826) was a French physician. Laennec invented the stethoscope in 1816 also coined the terms for cirrhosis and melanoma
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 245
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 245
Hein Wellens
Henrick Joan Joost (Hein) Wellens (1935 - ) is a Dutch cardiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Wellens syndrome in 1982
Stiff in the mouth
Tropical Traveler Clinical Case. Tetanus aetiology, differential, diagnosis, management, treatment and prophylaxis
Peer Reviewed Lectures
The journal Academic Emergency Medicine now includes PeRLS (peer-reviewed lectures) as publications. Get your video cameras out people!
Teaching the Millennial Generation
Danielle Hart tells us how the so-called 'Millenial Generation' learn best and how teachers can maximise their students' learning by adapting to their needs.
EMI 026 Acute Asthma Guidelines
Dr Tapas Mukherjee, created this acute asthma musical guideline 'on his iPhone. The inhaler song a hit with young asthmatics