Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 319
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 319 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind the medical trivia FFFF
Adult CXR Cases 008
June 2020 Adult Emergency Medicine Chest X-ray interpretation with Alyssa Thomas MD, Claire Milam MD and Travis Barlock MD
Adolf Weil
Adolf Weil (1848-1916) was a German physician. Eponymous affiliation with Weil disease (1886); discovery of an alpha-amino acid known as norleucine 1913
Gladys Dick
Gladys Rowena Henry Dick (1881 - 1963) was an American physician, pathologist and vaccinologist. Dick test (1924) in scarlet fever
Karel Wenckebach
Karel Frederik Wenckebach (1864-1940) Dutch physician. Eponymously affiliated with Wenckebach block (Mobitz type I AV block).
Luigi Luciani
Luigi Luciani (1840 – 1919) was an Italian neuroscientist. discovery referring to the phenomena as ‘Luciani periods‘ (Wenckebach AV block)
Wellens Syndrome
Wellens syndrome - learn how to recognise this sign of critical LAD occlusion, with some great ECG examples from the LITFL ECG library
Ventricular Fibrillation (VF)
Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is the the most important shockable cardiac arrest rhythm. It is invariably fatal unless advanced life support is rapidly instituted
Short QT Syndrome
Familial arrhythmogenic disease associated with paroxysmal atrial and ventricular fibrillation, syncope and sudden cardiac death
Right Axis Deviation (RAD)
ECG features, aetiology and list of causes of right axis deviation (RAD) Hexaxial reference system QRS axis between +90° and + 180°
ECG changes in Pulmonary Embolism
The ECG changes associated with acute pulmonary embolism may be seen in any condition that causes acute pulmonary hypertension, including hypoxia causing pulmonary hypoxic vasoconstriction.
Premature Ventricular Complex (PVC)
Premature Ventricular Complex (PVC) - A premature beat arising from an ectopic focus within the ventricles. LITFL ECG Library