LITFL Review 249
Welcome to the 249th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs
CXR Case 125
78 year old female with unexplained syncope has a routine CXR Describe and interpret this CXR
SMACC Chicago Registration miniRAGE
Important tips for registration at SMACC Chicago 2015
JellyBean 005 with Natalie May
St. Emlyn's. I want to work there. I hear the building is a masterpiece of low impact design with almost no carbon footprint. And Natalie May works there.
Timing, Tribes and STEMIs
Vic Brazil; smaccGOLD with an insight on conflict between "tribes" in everyday working environment can adversely impact upon patient care.
Code Black
The doctor stood impassively before the wildly agitated "speeding" patient. She was ranting and gesticulating aggressively, with eyes wide and teeth flashing. Unsurprisingly, words alone did nothing to calm her down.
Dispel the Smell from Hell
Not everyone is so blessed by fortune as to have teachers as inventive and inspiring as the great Tim Koelmeyer. Such was his prescience, he foresaw the day when the equanimity of his students would be ravaged by smells from hell.
See For Yourself
Many doctors have vivid memories of their first tentative steps into the dissection halls of the anatomy class and their first anxiety-ridden attendance at an autopsy. Such moments are among the fabled rituals of burgeoning doctor-hood.
The Breakfast Club
Medicine is the study of the manifestations of disease, so that one might attempt to diagnose, attempt to treat, but always to care for the patient.
The Mark of the Beast
He stood in the hallway having stolen away from his cubicle. The doctor leaving the resus bay recognised him as the man from cubicle 23 awaiting a psychiatric review.
LITFL Review 248
Welcome to the 248th LITFL Review! Your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peeks and loudest shout-outs
CXR Case 124
An 84 year old lady is referred in by her GP with cough low grade fever. Describe and interpret this Chest X-ray. LITFL Top 150 CXR