OzEMedicine - Wiki for Australian Emergency Medicine Doctors

the injured foot - [LisFranc fracture dislocation tarso-metatarsal joints]

wh@undisclosed.example.com (wh) — Sat, 14 Nov 2026 03:41:08 +0000

the injured foot see also: * orthopaedics in the ED * the painful foot * ankle injuries and fractures * acute foot drop introduction * foot injuries are common and significant injuries are commonly missed unless actively sort by the treating clinician. * delayed diagnosis or misdiagnosis of important injuries can contribute to long term morbidity

timeline of artificial intelligence development and related issues - [2026]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:05:04 +0000

timeline of artificial intelligence development and related issues see also: * artificial intelligence * timeline of medical artificial intelligence development * AI terminology * information technology main index * AI Large Language Models (LLMs) * AI - image generation * AI and the future * the future world when AI reaches AGI level and beyond * Lev Selector's powerpoint slides on weekly AI news * Amara's Law: * We are prone to overestimating the impact of new technologies in t…

COVID-19 science - [Major variants of concern or monitoring]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:29:11 +0000

COVID-19 science see also: * coronaviridae / corona viruses (CoV) * influenza * viruses * pandemics - influenza, coronavirus, Ebola * COVID-19 coronavirus (2019-nCoV / SARS-CoV-2) * COVID-19 risk and benefit of vaccination * Covid-19 in Australia * Covid-19 in Victoria * * The Lancet's coronavirus archive * * NSW Govt's Critical Analysis Unit - EB…

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP)

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:51:56 +0000

B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) see also: * troponin * cardiac markers (troponin) * congestive cardiac failure Introduction * B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a cardiac-derived vasodilator and a biomarker for heart failure * elevated BNP and its cleavage product N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) also predict adverse outcomes in acute coronary syndromes and other cardiovascular diseases

deep venous thrombosis (DVT) - [Unprovoked "spontaneous" DVTs (40%)]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:49:16 +0000

deep venous thrombosis (DVT) see also: * DVT prophylaxis * DVT prophylaxis for the surgical patient * DVT prophylaxis, anticoagulation and spinal anaesthesia or spinal cord injured patients * Ix of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) * Mx of suspected DVT * Mx of lower limb DVT * Rx of venous thrombosis (DVT/PE) and superficial thrombophlebitis - American College of Chest Physicians guidelines 2012 * DVT and post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) * upper limb DVT * thrombophlebitis * thrombop…

pancreatic cancer - [clinical features]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 05:50:28 +0000

pancreatic cancer see also: * neoplasia / cancer / tumours * pancreatitis Introduction * “pancreatic cancer” usually refers to adenocarcinoma of the exocrine pancreatic ducts which accounts for 85% of all pancreatic neoplasia * 95% of all malignant pancreatic tumours arise from the exocrine pancreas and are pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), many of these develop from a precursor lesion called pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN)

consciousness - [Introduction]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:45:43 +0000

consciousness see also: * brain evolution and development * cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) * stroke (CVA) * neurology * the comatose patient * Youtube: an excellent talk on consciousness and also why AI is unlikely to gain true consciousness by Anil Seth March 2024 Introduction * clinicians take a rather simplistic approach to the concept of consciousness and conscious states without really defining consciousness but instead relying upon other measures such as state of alertness and state …

the brain - [Basic anatomy]

gary1@undisclosed.example.com (gary1) — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:29:09 +0000

the brain see also: * brain evolution and development * cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) * stroke (CVA) * neurology * consciousness * memory * speech / dysphasias * dementia * modelling the brain: * Dec 2023: Uni of Cambridge, UK, announces by using their new concept 3D “spatially embedded recurrent neural networks” (seRNNs) they have created a self-organizing, artificially intelligent system that uses the same tricks as the human brain to solve specific tasks. The seRNNs converged on str…

clopidogrel - [genetic polymorphisms and drug interactions]

wh@undisclosed.example.com (wh) — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 08:26:32 +0000

clopidogrel see also: * antiplatelet agents introduction * platelet aggregation inhibitor used in prophylaxis of thromboembolic disorders and with aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) in acute coronary syndrome * marketed as Plavix and Iscover. * prodrug that requires hepatic metabolism (partly by CYP2C19) to become biologically active as a platelet inhibitor.