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Posted in bookmarking, education, evidence based medicine, review, social on Dec 31st, 2008
I have trialled many social bookmarking sites in an attempt to find the best solution to read, bookmark and share online resources. To date I have been most impressed with Diigo, Delicious and StumbleUpon as bookmark storing and sharing platforms. Recent interactions on Twitter with @allergynotes and @symtym and @DrCris have led to forays into [...]
Posted in education, evidence based medicine, search, searchengine, technology on Dec 30th, 2008
Mednar is a one-stop federated search engine designed for professional medical researchers to quickly access information from a multitude of credible sources. Researchers can take advantage of Mednar’s many tools to narrow their searches, drill down into topics and discover new information sources.
Mednar is here and it is good. Check it out medical librarians, public library staff, [...]
Posted in Health Reports, education, elearning, emergency medicine, evidence based medicine, radiology, technology on Dec 30th, 2008
Yottalook is free radiology-centric web search engine and was designed to provide the practicing radiologists with the most important and relevant information at the time of patient care. The search engine is based on natural query analysis, semantic ontology and ranking algorithms powered by iVirtuoso. The thesaurus of medical terminologies is supported by the Radiology Society of North [...]
Posted in education, elearning, evidence based medicine, health, review, search, searchengine, technology, telehealth on Dec 18th, 2008
Health Sciences Online (HSO) has launched claiming to be a ‘virtual learning center’ which aims to deliver authoritative, comprehensive, free, and ad-free health sciences knowledge using the search technology of Vivisimo. HSO (www.hso.info) is a portal with browse and search functions with access to a comprehensive collection of top-quality courses and references in medicine, public health, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, basic sciences, [...]
Posted in AFTB lecture, education, elearning, emergency medicine, evidence based medicine, lecture on Dec 18th, 2008
Congratulations to Anthony (Tony) F T Brown on his new appointment as the first Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Queensland, School of Medicine. Professor Brown shares his evidence based critical care lecture series with the wider medical community through this blog.
Prof Anthony F.T. Brown (MB ChB, FRCP, FRCS(Ed), FACEM, FCEM) is a senior [...]
Posted in education, evidence based medicine, health, lifestyle, review on Dec 18th, 2008
An Australian doctor says he has created the world’s healthiest wine, which cleans your blood vessels and reduces the risk of heart attack as you drink it. Dr Philip Norrie, a Sydney GP and former wine-maker has produced a wine with 100 times the amount of resveratrol, the antioxidant credited with giving wine its health giving [...]
Posted in Administration, access block, education, evidence based medicine, grand rounds on Dec 10th, 2008
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Thanksto Alvaro Fernandez of SharpBrains for hosting a fantastic medical Grand Rounds:
Grand Rounds 5:12 - Healthcare Reform Q&A
Read on topics ranging from health insurace, attitude, training and mental health to patient outreach, technology and innovation… thanks Alvaro for hosting a great Grand Rounds
Posted in AFTB lecture, cardiology, education, elearning, emergency medicine, evidence based medicine, lecture on Dec 1st, 2008
AFTB lecture notes - Acute Pulmonary Oedema (APO)
DIAGNOSIS
Acute heart failure syndrome (AHFS) spectrum can be divided for therapeutic management into:
Dyspnoea + /- congestion with elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) >140 mmHg, usually with abrupt onset APO (most frequent type)
Dyspnoea + /- congestion with normal SBP 100-140 mmHg, usually with [...]
Posted in AFTB lecture, cardiology, education, elearning, emergency medicine, evidence based medicine, lecture on Nov 28th, 2008
AFTB lecture notes - Aortic Dissection
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Incidence: 3 cases per 100 000 people per year; up to 25% missed diagnosis ante-mortem. ‘Typical’ case 60-80 years old M>F. Overall in-hospital mortality 27%.
Risk factors:
Inherited disease (especially younger patients < 40 yrs) - Marfan’s syndrome (fibrillin gene mutations), Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV (collagen defects), Turner syndrome, annulo- [...]
Posted in education, emergency medicine, evidence based medicine on Nov 27th, 2008
With the era of open source, micro-blogging, stumbling and tweeting now upon us - I, as an altruistic educator, researcher and medical professional bathe in the warm surge of ‘idealistic’ sharing’ that washes over me…but I have questions…so many questions…
What is the future/role of major publishing companies in light of open access; self-publishing and copyright [...]
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