André Cournand
André Frédéric Cournand (1895 – 1988) was a French physician and physiologist. Awarded the Nobel Prize for detailing heart catheterization
Category Medical Specialty
Network Five: Practice Changes In Paediatric Wheeze Management
Network Five Emergency Medicine Journal Club Episode 30 reviewing updates on paediatric wheeze management with paediatric respiratory and sleep specialist Dr Chetan Pandit!
CT Case 092
A 92-year-old man presented to emergency with abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. He had been experiencing 24 hours of abdominal pain
Blue Scrotum Sign of Bryant
Bryant’s sign: Scrotal ecchymosis associated with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) first described in 1903 by John Henry Bryant (1867-1906)
CT Case 091
A 40-year-old female, presents with headache and abrupt left sided visual disturbance. She has a history of T2DM and hypertension.
CT Case 090
A 50-year-old woman presents with 3 days of frank haematuria and left loin pain. She had a fall 1 week prior to her presentation.
Pelvic Binders
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Pelvic binders can be applied to patients following blunt trauma if there is any suspicion of pelvic fracture.
Pelvic Binders
Emergency Procedure: Pelvic Binders. Pelvic binders can be applied to patients following blunt trauma if there is any suspicion of pelvic fracture.
Maurice Sokolow
Maurice Sokolow (1911-2002). American Cardiologist known for his development of ECG criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy (Sokolow-Lyon criteria)
CT Case 089
An 88-year-old lady presents to ED with progressive decline with a background of T2DM, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia.
Monteggia fracture
Monteggia fracture. Fracture of the proximal or middle third of the ulna with associated radial head dislocation/instability. GB Monteggia 1812
José Luis Bado
José Luis Bado (1903 – 1977) was a Uruguayan surgeon. Eponymously linked to the Bado classification of Monteggia fractures.