Down’s syndromeAchondroplasiaTurner’s syndromeSee aboveSensorineural hearing loss (SNHL),SNHL, low hairline, webbed neckTall statureMarfan’s syndromeMixed hearing loss, arachnodactylyChanges in skin – loss of pigmentation – café-au-lait spots – depigmented patchesAlbinismNeurofibromatosis type 2VitiligoSNHLBilateral…
Common scars in cardiac surgery: (A) median sternotomy scar; (B) three chest drain scars associated with cardiac surgery (one draining the pericardial space and one in each pleural cavity); (C)…
What are the causes of a scrotal mass? Scrotal mass (by pathology) Congenital: hydrocoele, epididymal cyst Inflammatory/infective: epidiymo-orchitis, scrotal abscess
AP radiograph of the pelvis, summarising the lines to review when excluding subtle fractures: sacral arcuate lines, iliopectineal line (sciatic notch, along superior pubic ramus to symphysis pubis), ilioischial line…
What are the differences between a normal palpable aorta and an aneurysmal aorta? A normal aorta is pulsatile (displaces palpating hands vertically), whilst an aneurysmal aorta is expansile (displaces hands…
Breast scars and incisions. The commonest scars for non-cancer procedures are those following lumpectomy of benign lumps or following breast augmentation (cosmetic, or for breast asymmetry). The common procedures for…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 67 Examination of a tracheostomy Julia Niewiarowski, Rajeev Mathew and Vijay M. Gadhvi Checklist WIPER Gloves/eye protection if handling the airway Physiological parameters Look Agitation
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 65 Assessment of the airway for intubation Julia Niewiarowski, Rajeev Mathew and Vijay M. Gadhvi Checklist WIPER Patient sitting at examiner’s eye level Physiological parameters…
