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CXR Essentials: Abnormal pacemaker lead position

Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps identify aberrantly placed cardiac pacer leads and complications such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, hydrothorax, hemothorax, hydromediastinum and cardiac tamponade

Julian Dobranowski
December 31, 2022

CXR Essentials: Abnormal CVC position

Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps identify incorrectly positioned central venous lines on chest x-ray and the potential complications of pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, hydrothorax, hemothorax and cardiac tamponade

Julian Dobranowski
December 23, 2022

CXR Essentials: Types of atelectasis

Julian Dobranowski video helps you classify and identify different types of atelectasis on Chest X-ray. Atelectasis defined as reduced inflation of all, or part, of the lung.

Julian Dobranowski
December 20, 2022

CXR Essentials: Pleural space

Julian Dobranowski and Medmastery video to help you search for and identify a pneumothorax on CXR.

Julian Dobranowski
December 18, 2022

CXR Essentials: The Failing Heart

Julian Dobranowsk Medmastery help identify the features of cardiac failure on the chest X-ray. Evaluation of the three stages of failure

Julian Dobranowski
December 16, 2022

Medmastery: bicarbonate loss and acid overload

Franz Wiesbauer explains how to differentiate between metabolic acidaemia caused by a loss of bicarbonate and that caused by the addition of acid.

Rainer Oberbauer
October 17, 2022

Medmastery: compensation

Franz Wiesbauer looks at acid-base compensation and some super-simple rules that will help you decide whether compensation is adequate or not.

Rainer Oberbauer
October 10, 2022

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.

Franz Wiesbauer
September 19, 2022

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.

Franz Wiesbauer
September 12, 2022

Medmastery: acid-base disorders

Franz Wiesbauer explains the relationship between pH, HCO3 and pCO2 and a simple rule which will help you decide whether the primary problem is respiratory or metabolic in nature.

Rainer Oberbauer
August 20, 2022

CXR Essentials: Abnormal ETT position

Julian Dobranowski Medmastery video helps you identify aberrantly positioned endotracheal tubes (ETT) on chest x-ray by locating the tip of the ETT and the position of the carina.

Julian Dobranowski
August 20, 2022

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Medmastery: Pancreatic ultrasound

Nikolaus Mayr explains the process of pancreatic ultrasound and shows you what to look for.

Nikolaus Mayr
August 19, 2022