Procedure: Pericardiocentesis
Emergency Procedure: Pericardiocentesis. one of the most difficult and risky emergency procedures, but one you already have the ultrasound and line skills to perform well.
Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard (1813–1878), French physiologist, pioneered experimental medicine, homeostasis, and glucose metabolism. Father of modern physiology.
William Gowers
Sir William Richard Gowers (1845 - 1915) was an English neurologist. Gowers sign (1879). Esteemed author of Manual of the Diseases of the Nervous System
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38-year-old male with left arm pain, shortness of breath, and dizziness. BP 105/60. We are five minutes from your tertiary centre.
Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a rare congenital cutaneous vascular malformation syndrome. Three classic signs of localised cutaneous capillary malformations, venous abnormalities, and limb hypertrophy
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81-year-old female with three hours of central, crushing chest pain. Background of hypertension, heavy smoker.
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Weber-Cockayne syndrome
Weber-Cockayne syndrome: a mild, localised form of epidermolysis bullosa simplex, causing recurrent blistering of the palms and soles due to KRT5 or KRT14 mutations.
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Peutz-Jeghers-syndrome: A Syndrome gastrointestinal polyposis characterized by specific melanin pigmentations of the skin and mucous membranes
Harold Jeghers
Harold Joseph Jeghers (1904 - 1990) was an American physician. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (1949); Jeghers Medical Index System (JMIS)
William Rivers
William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864–1922): neurologist, anthropologist, WWI shell shock pioneer, dermatomes co-mapper, protopathic/epicritic sensation theorist
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