They meant well
I am a doctor who questions a lot of medical dogma. Perhaps my own, somewhat sad medical story at least in part explains this oppositional personality trait. Valendar F Turner FRACS FACEM In 1950, when I was five years old,…
Category Medical Specialty
Medicine, mindfulness, movement, mental (ill)health and creativity
Medicine, mindfulness, movement, mental (ill)health and creativity. Guest post: Dr Elizabeth Winson (@DrLemmingo). Liz is a intensive care doctor in Melbourne, Australia.
ECG Case 117
ECG of a 14yr old female who presents following an episode of palpitations and associated dizziness. Interpret her ECG using the Arruda algorithm
Pediatric CXR Cases 002
June Pediatric Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Jennifer Potter and Nicholena Richardson from EMGuideWire
An unusual wrist injury
Dislocation of the distal radio-ulna joint (DRUJ) is a rare injury, particularly when it occurs without associated fractures of the distal radius and ulna.
Saved by Electroconvulsive Therapy
Psychiatric illnesses remain among the most mysterious maladies that doctors encounter. This enthralling TED talk by inspiring medical historian and surgeon Sherwin Nuland gives a detailed account of one man's illness.
Antimicrobial Resistance: Where to from Here?
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will claim 250 million lives world-wide by 2050, displacing cancer as a cause of death. Newer tools may hold the key...
Furuncular myiasis
Today we explore the evolving 'furuncle' or boil. A simple enough beast to deal with under normal circumstances - but in the returning traveler...myriad possibilities raise their ugly heads
Friedrich Schultze
Friedrich Schultze (1848 - 1934) was a German neurologist.
Nathan Weiss
Nathan Weiss (1851 - 1883) was a Czech born, Austrian trained physician and neurologist.
Chvostek sign
Chvostek sign is contraction of facial muscles provoked by lightly tapping over the facial nerve anterior to the ear as it crosses the zygomatic arch.
Melioidosis – Lab without walls
Melioidosis is a fascinating disease, with a distinct geography, a wide range of clinical presentations and a complex pathogenesis.