Adult CXR Cases 024
March 2022 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Daniel Escobar, Angela Pikus, and Alex Blackwell
Category Medical Specialty
Echo: Aortic regurgitation
Helen Rimington: Assessing aortic regurgitation and recognizing haemodynamically significant aortic regurgitation using transthoracic echo with MedMastery
Right Ventricular Failure
Right Ventricular Failure: Unrecognised high mortality equal to that of LV failure. Right heart is a low-pressure system, good at dealing with volume (preload) to a point, does poorly with increased afterload (i.e. PH).
Henri Mondor
Henri Mondor (1885 – 1962) was a French physician, surgeon, and a historian. Mondor disease (1939); Penile Mondor disease (1958)
Mondor disease
Mondor disease is a rare, benign condition characterized by thrombophlebitis of the subcutaneous veins of the breast and anterolateral chest wall.
Henry Bazett
Henry Cuthbert Bazett (1885 – 1950) was an English physiologist. Eponym: Bazett's formula to calculate QTc interval for varying heart rates
Penile Mondor disease
Penile Mondor’s disease (PMD) is an isolated superficial thrombophlebitis of the superficial dorsal vein of the penis.
Bazett formula
Bazett formula 'corrects' the measured QT interval to a value (QTc) attributable to a heart rate of 60 bpm. Thus providing a QT interval value that a particular patient would theoretically have if their heart rate was 60 beats/min
Top 10 Foreign Bodies
These are my top 10 foreign bodies, found on X-ray. From time to time little things get lost. Whether you are playing billiards naked in the dark; counting money with your tongue; battling with an electric rolling pin; or just 'slipping' whilst in the shower….
Jacob Da Costa
Jacob Mendez Da Costa (1833-1900) was an American physician. Eponymously affiliated with Da Costa Syndrome (1871) and Leuchonychia striata
Da Costa Syndrome
Da Costa syndrome (soldier's heart, neurocirculatory asthenia) most commonly considered a manifestation of an anxiety disorder
Monkeypox
Viral zoonotic infection, monkeypox causes a rash similar to chickenpox. Symptomatic infection involves a febrile illness and evolving rash lasting 2-4 weeks