Procedure: Speculum examination
Emergency Procedure: Speculum examination, how (and when) to find the cervix in the emergency department.
Category Medical Specialty
Severe disability
Stuart Browne is a Neuro Rehabilitation specialist from Sydney. He discusses what “severe disability” really means.
Adolphe Pinard
Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934) was a French obstetrician
Bernhard Naunyn
Bernhard Naunyn (1839-1925) was a German physician and pathologist.
Optimal Cerebral Perfusion Pressure
Mark Weedon takes us through the increasingly utilised concept of an optimal cerebral perfusion pressure (CPPopt) for each unique patient.
Nicholas Alders
Nicholas Alders (1904-1995) was a Hungarian born, Austrian trained, English naturalised obstetrician, gynaecologist and surgeon. Remembered for his description of Alders sign (1951)
Edward Bishop
Edward Harry Bishop (1913-1995) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. Bishop Score (1964), a method to evaluate the cervix in regard to the success or failure of induction of labor.
Williams Bryan
Williams McIver Bryan, Jr (1917-2007) was an American obstetrician and gynecologist. In 1955, described Bryan sign in appendicitis with gravid uterus
Jørgen Løvset
Jørgen Løvset (1896-1981) was a Norwegian professor of obstetrics and gynecology. Løvset’s Manoeuvre (1937) in the management of breech delivery
Button Battery Update 3.0
Want to know the latest on button battery management, prevention and immediate care? Look no further than our latest tox offering.
The Power of Words: Language and Death
Victoria Whitfield and Louise Sayers discuss the importance of effective communication from health professionals to patients and their families
Ina Mae Gaskin
Ina Mae (née Middleton) Gaskin (1940 - ) American midwife. Gaskin (all-fours) manoeuvre 1976; The Farm