Pancoast Syndrome
Pancoast Syndrome occurs secondary to local compression of brachial plexus and sympathetic chain by superior (pulmonary) sulcus tumors.
Category Medical Specialty
Procedure: Speculum examination
Emergency Procedure: Speculum examination, how (and when) to find the cervix in the emergency department.
Echo basics: Parasternal Views
Patient position coupled with probe placement and orientation for optimal parasternal long-axis (PLAX) and parasternal short-axis (PSAX) views
Frederic Cotton
Frederic Jay Cotton (1869–1939) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Cotton fracture (trimalleolar fracture) and Cotton-Loader position (hyper-flexed wrist with ulna deviation in closed reduction of distal radius fractures)
Karl Adolph von Basedow
Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799 – 1854) was a German general practitioner, surgeon and obstetrician. Described Basedow (Graves) disease 1840
William Hammond
William A. Hammond (1828–1900), U.S. Surgeon General and neurology pioneer, described athetosis, reformed military medicine, and authored a key neurology textbook.
Echo basics: Tips and Tricks
Echocardiography. Tips and tricks on optimising your image, making measurements, recognising artefacts and controlling infection
Echo basics: Machines and Probes
We can do transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) pretty much anywhere. Here are the pros and cons of 3 types of machines, how to identify the different types of probes, and what each type of probe is used for.
Giovanni Mingazzini
Giovanni Mingazzini (1859-1929) Founder of the Roman School of Neurology; described lenticular hemiparesis, Mingazzini test, and Mingazzini field; pioneer in aphasia and cerebellar anatomy.
Melioidosis
Melioidosis is a severe infectious disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. It is widespread in Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, with increasing recognition in other tropical and subtropical regions. It presents with a wide range of clinical manifestations, from localized infections to severe sepsis and septic shock.
James Sherren
James Sherren (1872-1945) British General surgeon. Eponym: Sherren's triangle - area of hyperaesthesia associated with appendicitis
Tardive dyskinesia
Tardive dyskinesia is a chronic, often permanent, hyperkinetic movement disorder caused by dopamine-blocking drugs—preventable with early detection and VMAT2 inhibitors.