History of the Electrocardiogram
A brief history of the ECG and electrocardiography and the eponymous names behind the ECG/EKG...
Category Medical Specialty
Real world outcomes from TBI
Des Gorman talks about outcomes and controversies following traumatic brain injury.
Henning Waldenström
Johan Henning Waldenström (1877-1972) Swedish Orthopaedic surgeon. Specialised in pediatric bone/joint tuberculosis Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease 1909
Top 5 common misses in trauma imaging
Andrew Dixon from Radiopaedia goes through 5 classic fails - common misses in trauma imaging. Learn from this rather than missing them yourself!
Abdominal Imaging Cases 005
February 2020 Adult Abdominal imaging cases and interpretation with Isolina R. Rossi, MD, Brian P. Shreve, MD and Kyle Cunningham, MD
Liver Service Transfer / Referral
Remember the 3s and EncephalopaTHREE (ph 7.3, INR>3, BSL of 3.9 less, Encephalopathy) RIPE
Emergency management of Pre-eclampsia
Kat Evans takes us through the reality of managing pre-eclampsia in South Africa, highlighting what we cannot miss.
Classic CT brain pathology
Andrew Dixon from Radiopaedia covers all the common pathology seen on CT scans in critical care.
Airway management
Adam Rehak provides practical pearls about managing the unexpected difficult airway; emphasising the importance of effective teamwork with the Vortex approach and the DAS guidelines.
Pipkin fracture
Pipkin classification of femoral head fracture designed by Garrett Pipkin (1904-1981) and first published 1957
Paediatric analgesia
Great pediatric care requires excellent pain management, and excellent pain management requires the recognition that sucrose is not a pain medication.
Simon and Neil get plastered
Practical guide: How to apply the backslab in adults and paediatrics. POP, plaster of paris, physical plaster cast back-slab technique