Archive for July, 2008

First I must confess to some shameless plagiarism. The title of this post is an blatant rip off from my friend Dr. A, who used the phrase in a recent post in his blog**. [Update: Kevin, MD likes the name, now it's sure to become more popular]
Many thanks to Dr. A for putting a great [...]

JSE Booth (The Scut Report) posted a DSA image of a critical Carotid stenosis yesterday.
Coincidentally, I had a patient for Carotid arterial Doppler ultrasonography yesterday who had similar critical Internal Carotid stenoses on both sides. Here are the pictures.
Colour Doppler US image of the right Common Carotid arterial bifurcation with a large eccentric fibrofatty plaque. [...]

The Big Read.

Ramona posted this after seeing it on Purplesque’s blog.
I feel compelled to do this now. So here goes….
“The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed.”
1) Bold: I have read.
2) Underline: Books I love.
3) Reprint this list in your own blog so we can try [...]

Readers who have some knowledge of electrical engineering could probably solve this exercise with ease (?!).
For those who do not have any idea about electrical engineering, here are the basic laws that would help (?!) in completing this exercise.
Kirchoff’s Current Law (KCL, also known as Kirchhoff’s first law, Kirchhoff’s point rule, Kirchhoff’s junction rule (or [...]

This is not a post about the utility (or not) of doing a CT scan to diagnose acute appendicitis.
I came across this at Shadowfax’s blog. It’s a great story, which just happens to be about appendicitis & CT scan.
I recently cared for a young boy with abdominal pain. He was about six years old, and [...]

Blog friend GruntDoc hosts the 200th edition of Grand Rounds, the medical blog carnival:
I’m Honored to be the first Sixth Time Host, but more importantly to be the host of the 200th Edition of MedBlogs Grand Rounds.  Dr. Nick Genes deserves all the credit for starting (and maintaining) this wandering collection of links to the [...]

H/T: The Happy Hospitalist

[H/T]
bookofjoe: British Army Challenger 2 Tank v Range Rover Sport: ‘Top Gear’ Throwdown.
As Joe, the ‘world’s most popular blogging anesthesiologist‘ says, “That’s one impressive off-road car”.