Mike Cadogan

Jan 9, 2025 | mujeresconciencia.com | Marta Macho Stadler |Jenny Stuart-Smith |Mike Cadogan |Gladys Dick

La escarlatina, enfermedad con poco impacto en la actualidad, fue una de las principales causas de muerte infantil a principios del siglo XX. Causaba complicaciones renales, fiebres muy altas y exantemas –erupciones cutáneas–, alcanzando tasas de mortalidad cercanas al 25 %. Muchos de los que la sobrevivieron tuvieron secuelas graves de por vida.

Dec 12, 2024 | litfl.com | Mike Cadogan

Whether you’re brand new to echocardiography (echo), or just need to brush up on some key skills, here are the best #FOAMed resources and online echocardiography courses for physicians and other healthcare providers. This list includes the course pros and cons, pricing, topics covered, and other differentiating details.

Nov 7, 2024 | litfl.com | Mike Cadogan

Well, technically they’ve always existed. But their discovery dates back to an auspicious autumn night in 1895, when a certain Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), chair of physics at an unassuming Bavarian town named Würzburg, noted an unusual phenomenon. So how did it all come to be? What business did Röntgen have messing around with barium platinocyanide and glass tubes? On the anniversary of this enormous discovery, a summary for the modern day clinician (and a brush-up on physics).

Nov 3, 2024 | litfl.com | Mike Cadogan

The Utopian College of Emergency for Medicine (UCEM) is proud to announce a new policy pertaining to the discipline of peri-departmental medicine. Until now, the softest admissions – such as the Patient Without Discernible Pathology (PWDP) – have been the toughest dispositions. The introduction of the 4 minute rule had an immediate impact on the rapidity and accuracy of admission/discharge decisions within the realm of the Waiting Room.

Nov 3, 2024 | litfl.com | Mike Cadogan

With exponential Emergency Department over-crowding and spiralling waiting times, the Utopian College has produced a series of guidelines to assist fondling members. Ultimately, these Waiting Room guidelines will improve patient comfort and safety; facilitate early diagnosis and treatment (four minute rule) and expedite the global acceptance of Waiting Room Medicine.