Education
A compilation of random lessons on topics ranging from perioperative and critical care medicine to physiology and pharmacology. Enjoy! :-)
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Antibody Structure
With all the discussion surrounding antibody production after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, let’s talk about the structure of an antibody.
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Prone Chest X-Rays
In severe COVID-19 pneumonia with refractory hypoxemia, patients are often proned (put on their abdomen), deeply sedated, and paralyzed to…
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Deep Sulcus Sign
A pneumothorax occurs when air fills the pleural space between the lungs and chest wall. This can cause partial or…
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Tension Pneumothorax
Here’s an example of a large, right-sided tension pneumothorax (PTX). Disruption in the lung leads to a one-way valve where…
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Air Bronchograms
In this portable x-ray of a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia, one can clearly see the right and left mainstem bronchi…
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How mRNA Vaccines Work – Gene Transcription And Translation
Conventional vaccines typically involve growing a virus in various cell lines, injecting a part of the virus into the host,…
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WHO Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Groups
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a broad topic encompassing primary and secondary etiologies. Similar to systemic hypertension, PH refers to elevated…
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