Question List the complications and their likely underlying mechanisms specifically related to cardiopulmonary bypass that may be seen in the ICU following cardiac surgery. Answer Pass rate: 63% Highest mark: 8.8 Additional comments: Candidates who failed did not address complications…
Question The following list refers to classes of oral anticoagulation regimens for use in chronic atrial fibrillation: i. Antiplatelet agents ii. Vitamin K antagonists iii. Antithrombin agents iv. Anti Xa agents a) Give an example of a drug for each…
The Alvarado score is a 10 point score for predicting acute appendicitis (mnemonic MANTRELS). Alfredo Alvarado in 1986
Sidney Farber (1903-1973) was an American pediatric pathologist. Farber disease (1952) autosomal-recessive, lysosomal storage disorder caused by acid ceramidase deficiency and associated with distinct clinical phenotypes
Jacob Churg (1910–2005) was a Belarussian/Polish born American practicing pathologist. Eponymous affiliation with Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS) in 1951. Now known as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
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Edwin Sterling Munson (1870-1958) was an American ophthalmologist.Munson sign, a V-shaped indentation of the lower eyelid when the gaze is directed downwards, an indication that is characteristic of advanced keratoconus.
LITFL contributor Aaron Sparshott (@IVline) has made a nice little video presentation on the ins and outs of Pecha Kucha, and how to make an online PK SMACCtalk. It is perfect for all the SMACCheads out there needing that extra…
1933 – Kartagener described the syndrome of situs inversus, chronic rhinosinusitis, and chronic bronchitis with bronchiectasis
High-dose insulin therapy is a novel therapeutic intervention that produces a significant inotropic response in severe calcium channel blocker (CCB) overdose and occasionally in beta blocker overdose.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 156 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Idarucizumab is the antidote to dabigatran. Perhaps the hardest thing about it is saying its name. Eye-da-roo-ciz-oo-mab or praxbind until to comes off label. It is a humanised monoclonal antibody fragment (Fab) that binds to dabigatran with very high affinity (340x fold more than dabigatran binds to thrombin).