Jacques Forestier
Jacques Forestier (1890-1978) was a French physician and rheumatologist, depiction of hyperostosis (1959) later called Forestier’s disease.
Norman James
Norman Reynolds James (1908-1987) was an Australian anaesthetist, inventor and educator. Harrington-James ventilator, James Autohand Ventilator, Royal Melbourne (R.M.) resuscitator
Medmastery: PPV and Specificity
Franz Wiesbauer looks at the impact of specificity and sensitivity on positive predictive value (and thus validity of a test) and why one has a bigger impact than the other.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 346
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 346 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind, enter the medical trivia of FFFF.
Pacemaker Essentials: The basics
Medmastery Pacemaker Essentials course. 3 main types of pacemaker (single-chamber, dual-chamber, and biventricular pacemakers).
Medmastery: Mortality rate
Franz Weisbauer explains how to calculate mortality rates for various subgroups, proportionate mortality, and why proportionate mortality is not a measure of risk.
Q&A with Anne Creaton
One month to go until the Spring Seminar on Emergency Medicine, and here's our final Q&A. We've saved the biggest questions until last.
Nail Gun Injuries
Nail gun-related injuries are a serious occupational risk with potentially lethal outcomes. Nail guns were introduced in both industry and the general public back in 1959.
Patellar dislocation
The majority of patellar dislocations occur in females, especially targeting teenage girls. 30-72% of dislocations are sports related
Thyroid function tests in pregnancy
Medmastery: Thyroid Disease Masterclass. Gestational thyrotoxicosis, TSH, and the factors that lead to abnormal thyroid function tests.
Sodium Nitroprusside
Sodium Nitroprusside is a drug used as an infusion to lower blood pressure; used in severe hypertension or perioperatively.
Q&A with Deon Strydom
A woman bleeding to death from an ectopic. No power. The hospital has burnt down. You have a foot pump, a cigarette lighter, and Deon Strydom.