Prazosin
Critical Care Compendium pharmacology entry for prazosin.
Critical Care Compendium pharmacology entry for prazosin.
Lemierre syndrome is infective thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein caused primarily by anaerobic organisms from a focus of oropharyngeal infection
Emergency Procedure: Today we tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). Take a few deep breaths and your own pulse, then dive into the video
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Surveillance Chart. All incidentally found aortic aneurysms should be referred to a vascular surgeon if the patient is a potential candidate for surgery.
Acute Aortic Dissection (AAD) is uncommon but highly lethal, requiring prompt recognition and management. Due to its non-specific clinical presentation, a high index of suspicion is necessary, particularly in high-risk patients.
Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934) was a French obstetrician. Inventor of the Pinard horn (fetoscope) and Pinard Obstetric Palpation
The Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-RS) is a validated scoring system that helps stratify low to moderate risk patients who may have an aortic dissection.
Superficial venous thrombosis is rarely life-threatening. It carries a low risk of pulmonary embolism(1%), with concurrent DVT(~25%).
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Ocular foreign body removal. Exactly what it says on the tin
Thromboangiitis obliterans (aka Buerger disease) is a non-atherosclerotic, segmental, inflammatory disease that most commonly affects the small to medium-sized arteries and veins of the upper and lower limbs.
Emergency Procedure: Ocular foreign body removal. Exactly what it says on the tin
Albert Hoffa (1859-1907) was a German orthopedic surgeon. eponymously affiliated with a distal femur fracture (1888); an operation for congenital hip dislocations (1890); the development of a system of massage therapy, the Hoffa system (1893); and the Hoffa fat pad