Cardiac Megacode
As leader of the MET team you were called to a 'Cardiac megacode' as a 57 year-old man has arrested on the ward post-operatively...
Category Cardiology
Sudden onset blue leg
A woman in the ICU has a problem. Her leg has turned blue. Can you handle this Phlegmasia case-based cardiovascular curveball?
Broken-hearted chest drain
This 86 year old male presented with shortness of breath. He developed a complication after insertion of a left chest drain.
Heinrich von Bamberger
Heinrich von Bamberger (1822 - 1888) was an Austrian physician. Bamberger sign in pericardial effusion (1856); Bamberger-Concato disease
Liver Failure Definitions and Scoring Systems
Liver Failure Definitions and Scoring Systems
Transcutaneous Pacing
Transcutaneous Pacing: temporary cardiac pacing using pads or paddles applied externally to the chest
Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing
Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing: emergency pacing via an intravenous device; life-threatening or unstable bradyarrhythmia
Temporary Epicardial Cardiac Pacing
Epicardial Cardiac Pacing: the usual means of cardiac pacing following cardiac surgery
Discrepancies between NIBP and Arterial Pressure
Discrepancies between NIBP and Arterial Pressure
Signs of Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot; cyanotic congenital heart disease
Infective Endocarditis
infective endocarditis is a disease characterised by inflammation of the endocardium, typically affecting the heart valves and usually caused by infection and can be acute, subacute or chronic
Signs of Aortic Regurgitation
Signs of Aortic Regurgitation