The Use of Thrombolysis as a Treatment for Acute Stroke
Do we, as a global medical profession, truly know whether or not tPA is a beneficial treatment early on in the presentation of a CVA?
More worries from gila monsters
Most know that Gila monsters are the a venomous lizard indigenous to the United States, but typically know very little about them. Of course, most of this has to do with the fact that it has a relatively small range,…
Eduard Heinrich Henoch
Eduard Heinrich Henoch (1820 – 1910) was a German Paediatrician. Student of Johann Lukas Schönlein, he extended the clinical features of childhood purpura and is eponymously affiliated with Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP) or IgA Vasculitis, is the most common childhood vasculitis. There is a tetrad of the core clinical manifestations
Huber-point needle
Hypodermic needle (needle which enters the skin) Originally described in 1946 by Ralph Huber. More commonly known as the Tuohy Needle
Own the Airway!
The LITFL team have scoured the web to find the best collection of online instructional videos known to man or woman to help you 'own the airway'!
Today I do not want to be a doctor
'Today I do not want to be a doctor' is a poem by my favorite South Auckland-born medical poet, Glenn Colquhoun. Published in 'Playing God: Poems About Medicine'
LITFL Review 349
Welcome to the 349th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on…
Richard F. Ashman
Richard F. Ashman (1890-1970) was an American physiologist. Eponymously affiliated with Ashman phenomenon he first described in 1947
Why we should be very wary of using clotbusting drugs to treat acute strokes
This is Part 1 of three posts a basic overview of thrombolysis in stroke a detailed overview of evidence based research into thrombolysis and CVA Schrödinger’s Fence Author: Prof Daniel Fatovich Let’s compare the treatment of strokes, to the treatment of…
Fine Tuning the Injured Brain
Bart Besinger top 5 little things we can do to fine tune the care of the brain injured patient.
What to do for bug bites?
Face it. Except for the very lucky, few of us are able to escape biting insects. After getting bit, the range of reactions is immense; from no reaction to anaphylaxis. Thankfully, most simply have mild pruritis and urticaria. But how…