Sherren triangle
Area of skin hyperaesthesia bounded by lines joining anterior superior iliac spine, the pubic symphysis and umbilicus. One of myriad eponymous signs of acute appendicitis.
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Hawkins classification
Hawkins classification: Classification system for talar neck fractures. Hawkins originally described Types I-III in 1970 with Canale and Kelly adding Type IV in 1978
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardia
A review of the ECG features of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia (RVOT), a type of VT, with example ECGs.
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Osgood–Schlatter disease (OSD) Osteochondrosis or traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle. Paget (1891), Osgood (1903), Schlatter (1903)
Decompressive Craniectomy
What's next after RESCUEicp? -The results of this study may have been disappointing, but there are some questions about the trial itself which we review.
Pelligrini-Stieda lesion
Köhler-Pellegrini-Stieda lesion: ossification near medial femoral collateral ligament adjacent to the margin of the medial femoral condyle.
Northern Ireland HEMS
The story of the Northern Ireland HEMS Service, from the political and public campaign to get it started right through to the teamwork and hard work involved in making this project a reality.
Cardiac arrest system
A strong interdependent system of care can improve survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest, with Tony Walker ASM
François Chopart
François Chopart (1743 – 1795) was a French Surgeon. Eponymously associated with Chopart fracture-dislocation, Chopart joint and Chopart amputation.
Regional Nerve Block
Critical Care Compendium - The C-IMPLE approach to regional nerve block
Being More Than A Bystander
Unprofessional behaviours by health professionals, in hospitals, are associated with a significantly increased risk of preventable patient complications.
The men who stare at goats (and big boar)
Tropical Traveler Clinical Case. Brucellosis aetiology, differential, diagnosis, management and treatment.