Q&A with Michaela Cartner
Do EM docs have untidy bedrooms? What is a flip frenzy? The most overhyped thing ever in ICU? And the best machine that goes ping?
Frederick Forchheimer
Frederick Forchheimer (1853-1913) was an American pediatrician. Eponym: Forchheimer spots enanthem in rubella in 1898
Thyroid: TSH assays
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass course, mastering thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) physiology and levels
Ultrasound: Liver and malignant focal lesions
Dr Mayr: liver ultrasound, differentiation of malignant pathologies such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma and mets.
Echo: Right ventricular function
Assess right ventricular function and global size, detecting pulmonary embolism with the help of echo with MedMastery Echocardiography Essentials course
Medmastery: Liver ultrasound
Nikolaus Mayr explains how to perform standard ultrasound sections of the liver using the best soundwindows, positioning your patient correctly for smoother imaging, and locating various components of the liver.
Ultrasound: The appendix
Medmastery Abdominal Ultrasound Essentials: Ultrasound the appendix and help identify appendicitis with the help of ultrasound imaging.
Fifth disease
Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease), is a common manifestation of infection in children characterized by low-grade fever, malaise, facial rash, and later by the spread of a lacy maculopapular rash involving the trunk and limbs.
Q&A with Andy Buck
... on ETM vs ATLS, trauma tricks, dogma, the next big thing, personal Achilles' heels, and irrational phobiassss...
Thyroid physiology
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass course, with a video explaining the difference between T3 and T4 and where iodine fits in.
Gustav Asboe-Hansen
Gustav Asboe-Hansen (1917-1989) was a Danish dermatologist. Eponymously remembered for his description of blister spread in pemphigus (Asboe-Hansen sign)
Philip Allison
Philip Rowland Allison (1907-1974) was an English thoracic surgeon.