[ad_1] Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), a cancer care facility in Mumbai providing free treatment to thousands of underprivileged patients from across India, has successfully addressed the queries of 30,000 cancer patients and their families over the course of one year through its online system. The online system was installed as a result of a collaboration…
[ad_1] The following right knee joint x-rays are from a 13 year old who has presented with knee pain and swelling following a twisting injury. What can be noticed?Answer will be posted in a few days. This entry was posted in Advanced EM Cases, Imaging Case of the Week, Orthopaedic by Prathibha. Bookmark the…
[ad_1] A 29 year old female presents to your ED complaining of crampy abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, polyuria and shortness of breath. She is 2 months post partum after normal vaginal delivery. Vital signs: BP 100/70 PR 100/min RR 30/min T 37 Her blood results show:pH 6.94 (7.35-7.45) pCO2 6 HCO3 1 (22-26) Na 144 (137-145 …
[ad_1] Have you ever woken up in the morning to find huge, dark bags under your eyes? They just scream “I didn’t get enough sleep last night and I’m tired!” For anyone on the move, this is a big no-no. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to reduce the appearance of these…
[ad_1] The frontal knee x-ray shows an irregular contour of the lateral tibial plateau. The HBL view shows lipohaemarthrosis. A CT scan showed a compression fracture of the lateral tibial plateau with 5mm depression of the articular surface. Tibial plateau fractures are difficult to diagnose on plain x-rays. An indirect sign of intra-articular knee fracture is…
[ad_1] A 67 year old man with possible cardiomyopathy and renal impairment is seen post ROSC. His blood tests show:Acute uncompensated metabolic acidosis secondary to elevated lactate (hypoperfusion during cardiac arrest), life threatening hyperkalaemia requiring treatment and mild hyperglycaemia and renal impairment. Anion gap = 14, normal Compensation: Winter’s – expected CO2 29, actual 42…
[ad_1] A 45 year old with left knee swelling and inability to weight bear after a fall has the following knee x-rays. What can be seen? Answer will be posted in a few days. This entry was posted in Advanced EM Cases, Imaging Case of the Week, Orthopaedic by Prathibha. Bookmark the permalink. About…
[ad_1] Cognitive Reframing “Reframe the impossible as the achievable” describes Brooks. Cognitive Reframing, is about taking a large and complex task and breaking it into smaller goals so that the “impossible” becomes cognitively reframed as “achievable”. It is borrowed from performance athletes who rather than focus on the insurmountable task of winning a season/championship,…
[ad_1] Since the beginning of the new year, I catch myself getting somewhat antsy thinking about our next vacation. Now that is a little bit early since we are most likely not be able to go anywhere before June but I can already dream and the joy of anticipation is a nice thing to have….
[ad_1] The AP x-ray of the left ankle shows a subtle fracture line through the distal tibial epiphysis – a Tillaux fracture. The lateral ankle x-ray shows moderate joint effusion. Tillaux fracture is a specific type of injury that occurs in adolescents; it is a Salter-Harris III fracture of the distal tibial epiphysis. CT scan of the ankle ruled…