POCUS Made Easy: Gallbladder
The Gallbladder Ultrasound Exam in the Emergency Department can be used for patients with abdominal pain or jaundice to help in the diagnosis of: Biliary Colic, Cholecystitis or Ascending Cholangitis.
Mastering Intensive Care 082 with Will Bonavia
Mastering Intensive Care 082 with Will Bonavia. An ICU trainee’s perspective on learning, culture and wellbeing
Alfred Poland
Alfred Poland (1822-1872) was an English surgeon Eponymously remembered for his account of Poland syndrome in 1841
Raynaud phenomenon
Raynaud’s phenomenon manifests as episodic vasospasm leading to acral vascular compromise following emotional stress or exposure to a cold environment
Maurice Raynaud
Auguste Gabriel Maurice Raynaud (1834-1881) was a French physician. Eponymously remembered for his description of Raynaud syndrome
POCUS Made Easy: CLUE Protocol
The Cardiopulmonary Limited Ultrasound Examination (CLUE) is a rapid shortened basic echo and lung exam combination to assess for cardiac and lung pathology.
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (ACPO or Ogilvie syndrome) is an under-recognized disorder characterized by acute and extensive dilatation of the colon in the absence of an anatomic lesion obstructing the gastrointestinal tract.
HELLP syndrome
HELLP syndrome develops in pregnancy characterized by the triad of haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and a low platelet count
Mastitis
Acute mastitis is usually associated with lactation and is frequently due to Staphylococcus aureus. It should be distinguished from simple “congestive mastitis” (breast engorgement).
Emergency contraception
Methods of post-coital contraception include: Despite more than a decade of non-prescription availability of levonorgestrel, emergency contraception is currently under-utilised in Australia and elsewhere in the world. Indications Oral Emergency Contraception Levonorgestrel Ulipristal Note that all methods of emergency contraception…
Ectopic pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy is an extrauterine pregnancy and is a potentially lethal condition due to rupture and haemorrhage
Hyperemesis gravidarum
Hyperemesis gravidarum consists of the most common cause of persistent severe nausea and vomiting before 20 weeks of pregnancy and the most common cause of hospitalization during the first half of pregnancy