Procedure: Serratus Anterior Block
Emergency Procedure: Serratus Anterior Plane (SAP) Block; a technique most often used for rib fracture pain
Neuroimaging Cases 009
Neurocysticercosis. Third edition in our Neuroimaging case study series with guest editors Drs. Michael Leonard and David Weinrib
Barlow syndrome
Barlow syndrome (primary billowing mitral leaflet syndrome (BMLS)). Auscultatory findings of late systolic murmur with non-ejection ('mid-late') systolic click
John Barlow
John Brereton Barlow (1924-2008) was a South African cardiologist. Barlow described mitral valve prolapse (eponymously known as Barlow’s syndrome) in 1963
Echo basics: Prosthetic Valve
Understand and identify prosthetic valves. Learn what can go wrong with prosthetic valves; how to assess their function and examine transcatheter valves
Mary Walker
Mary Broadfoot Walker (1888 - 1974) was a Scottish physician. Mary Walker effect (1934); neostigmine and myasthenia gravis
Echo basics: Pulmonary Valve
Understand and identify the pulmonary valve. Learn how to identify and grade pulmonary regurgitation and quantify pulmonary stenosis. Basic management of pulmonary valve dysfunction.
Echo basics: Tricuspid Valve
Understand and identify the tricuspid valves. Learn how to identify and grade tricuspid regurgitation and quantify tricuspid stenosis. Basic management of tricuspid valve dysfunction.
Procedure: Lateral Canthotomy
Today we cover lateral canthotomy and cantholysis, with a guide made in partnership with a recent publication in Australasian Emergency Care
Echo basics: Aortic Regurgitation
Understand and identify aortic regurgitation. Learn how to identify and grade aortic regurgitation gradient using measurements and visual clues and quantify aortic regurgitation.
Procedure: Lateral Canthotomy
Today we cover lateral canthotomy and cantholysis, with a guide made in partnership with a recent publication in Australasian Emergency Care
Echo basics: Aortic Stenosis
Understand and identify aortic stenosis. Learn how to measure an accurate aortic valve gradient and calculate the aortic valve area. Be able to diagnose low-flow states and paradoxical low flow