Levetiracetam
Levetiracetam (keppra) is a drug used as an anticonvulsant as monotherapy, or an adjunct, and as a Tier 2 agent in status epilepticus.
Category Medical Specialty
Desmopressin (DDAVP)
Desmopressin (DDAVP) is a drug used primarily for diabetes insipidus, haemophilia type A, and von Willebrand's disease.
Amiodarone and thyroid function
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass. The effect of amiodarone on thyroid function
Thionamides in thyroid disease
Medmastery: Review of the appropriate use of thionamides today, as we continue our journey through the Thyroid Disease Masterclass.
Morell Mackenzie
Biography Key Medical Contributions Quoted by Norman Rupert Barrett (1903-1979) in 1950 for his original work and definition of acute oesophagitis. Acute oesophagitis: Acute idiopathic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the oesophagus giving rise to extreme odynphagia, and often…
Thyroid: Hypothyroidism
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass course, explores the differences between primary and secondary hypothyroidism
CXR Essentials: Abnormal ETT position
Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps you identify aberrantly positioned endotracheal tubes (ETT) on chest x-ray by locating the tip of the ETT and the position of the carina.
Thyroid: Autonomous nodules
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass course, pathophysiology of toxic thyroid nodules and how to diagnose them
Mpox
Viral zoonotic infection, monkeypox causes a rash similar to chickenpox. Symptomatic infection involves a febrile illness and evolving rash lasting 2-4 weeks
Coronary angiography: Coronary Anatomy Refresher
Coronary Angiography Essentials. This video helps you to differentiate coronary arteries on the angiogram, recognise the views being used, and work out the severity of a stenosis.
Exercise Stress ECG: Positive Test
Exercise Stress ECG Essentials course covers the basic criteria for identifying a "positive" stress ECG test.
CXR essentials: The many faces of pneumonia
Medmastery video helps identify the various radiological presentations of pneumonia such as lobar, interstitial , bronchopneumonia and special considerations in immunocompromised patients