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![]() Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Emergency Medicine ...
PR Web (press release)
Andrew W. Asimos, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, and Director of Emergency Stroke Care, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, presented When Dizziness Is a Disaster: Vertigo and ...
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![]() Loyola Physician Named to Board of Illinois College of Emergency Medicine ...
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — Dr. Mark Cichon, DO, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine of Loyola University Medical Center, has been named to the board of directors of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians (ICEP). ICEP is the state medical specialty ...
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![]() Emergency medicine specialist: race against death
People's Daily Online
"We take saving lives as the overriding priority, which means that we must race against time," said Chen Xiangyu, an emergency medicine specialist of Southwest Hospital in southwest China's Chongqing. Unlike others jobs, emergency medicine specialist ...
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![]() Emergency Medicine App palmEM is Updated and Expanded
prMac (press release)
[prMac.com] Wilmington, Delaware - PalmER Worldwide today is thrilled to announce a major update to their top-selling Universal iOS emergency medicine app palmEM: Emergency Medicine Essentials Quick Reference Guide. With detailed information on ...
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![]() Top 10 emergency medicine audit defense strategies
Family Practice News Digital Network
SAN DIEGO – If you or your emergency medicine group is audited, one strategy is to use the Marshfield Clinic Tool to help explain medical decision making – specifically how comorbidities, the differential diagnosis, and special studies affected the ...
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![]() Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds with former chief medical officer for ...
IUPUI Newscenter
Jeffrey Runge, M.D., will present grand rounds sponsored by the Department of Emergency Medicine and MESH at 8 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, in IU Health Neuroscience Center Auditorium (Goodman Hall, Room 1030). Dr. Runge was the assistant ...
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![]() Learn Tactical Emergency Medicine: One Way To Prepare for Tragedy
Patch.com
The next such class, "Tactical Emergency Medicine," is set for 1-5 p.m. Sunday at the studio, 1414 Reisterstown Road. The cost is $50. BK Blankchtein, owner of Masada Tactical, and a former member of the Israel Defense Forces in counterintelligence and ...
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![]() Analysis: U.S. emergency care cost estimates are too low
Science Daily (press release)
Lee, who had a prior career in economics and finance before training in emergency medicine, co-wrote the analysis with Dr. Brian Zink, professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School, and Dr. Jeremiah Schuur, ...
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![]() Emergency Medicine Physicians Issues Statement on St. Rose Dominican ...
Becker's Hospital Review
Editors note: On April 19, Becker's Hospital Review received the following statement from Emergency Medicine Physicians in regards to an article regarding St. Rose Dominican Hospitals' decision to end its contact with EMP. The full-length statement ...
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![]() Emergency departments now account for half of all hospital inpatient admissions
Healthcare Finance News
The study was conducted on behalf of the Emergency Medicine Action Fund, a consortium of emergency medicine physician organizations, in order to provide a more complete picture of the role EDs play in the U.S. healthcare system. “Use of hospital ...
ER's Account for Half of Hospital Admissions, Study SaysNew York Times
Hospital emergency departments gaining in importance, study findsEurekAlert (press release)
RAND: As hospital gatekeepers, ER docs play a critical role in controlling ...MedCity News
Becker's Hospital Review -ScienceBlog.com (blog) -FierceHealthcare
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![]() Research roundup: Surgical care at critical access hospitals; Digging into the ...
News-Medical.net
Annals Of Emergency Medicine: Owning The Cost Of Emergency Medicine: Beyond 2% – Emergency room care is often cited as overused and one of the drivers of the increasing health spending. However, emergency room physicians have countered that ...
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![]() Global Conference on Emergency Medicine set for successful second edition
AME Info (press release)
Noted as the largest gathering of Emergency Medical professionals in the region, the Second Global Conference Network on Emergency Medicine in association with the First Emirates Society for Emergency Medicine Conference, will be held at the Al Bustan ...
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![]() $50 Million Fundraising Campaign for Danbury Hospital and New Milford ...
PR Web (press release)
The new Emergency Department at Danbury Hospital will be named The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Department of Emergency Medicine, while the Emergency Department at New Milford Hospital will be named The Arnhold Department of Emergency ...
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![]() Emergency department at Mercy Memorial announces partnership
Urbana Daily Citizen
Mercy Memorial Hospital, which treats more than 18,000 patients in the emergency department each year, has announced a new partnership with Emergency Medicine Physicians (EMP) that begins May 21. With the new partnership taking effect, Dr. Joan ...
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![]() Penn Medicine Study Suggests New Role for ECMO in Treating Patients With ...
Penn: Office of University Communications
The new findings were presented today at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. ECMO directly oxygenates and removes carbon dioxide from the blood, and is conventionally used for both respiratory and cardiac failure ...
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![]() Illinois Public Health Department Recognizes Dr. Teresa Riech for Excellence ...
eNews Park Forest
She is triple board certified in emergency medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics. Her education certifications include: Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Provider, Advanced Trauma Life Support ...
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![]() Punched and Poked by Their Pride and Joy
New York Times (blog)
One reason: “Kids can be very curious about glasses,” said Dr. Ramona Sunderwirth, pediatric emergency medicine attendee at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York. (She speaks from experience; as a toddler, she scratched her mother's cornea.) ...
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![]() Trauma study in Pittsburgh region won't need up-front approval
Tribune-Review
Dr. Clifton Callaway, a Pitt professor and chair of emergency medicine research, said rarely do people complain when they find out later they were part of an emergency medicine study. “In my own studies, I'm the one who talks to someone like that who ...
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![]() New medicine | Heart attack app might help diagnose patients before they reach ...
The Courier-Journal
To address the issue, Dr. David Burt, an associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of Virginia, challenged a class of systems engineering students to develop an app that could shrink images to make them faster to send, but still ...
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![]() Study finds improved CPR quality saves lives
Medical Xpress
(Medical Xpress)—Life-saving CPR has been a foundation of emergency medicine for more than a half century. But researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix are continuing to refine the procedure, with a new study concluding ...
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Ann Emerg Med
Physician E-mail and Telephone Contact After Emergency Department Visit Improves Patient Satisfaction: A Crossover Trial.
(Jun 2013)
Owning the Cost of Emergency Medicine: Beyond 2%
(Apr 2013)
Acad Emerg Med
A qualitative assessment of emergency department patients' knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and acceptance toward revised HIV testing strategies.
(Mar 2013)
Providers' perceptions of the factors influencing the implementation of the New York State mandatory HIV testing law in two Urban academic emergency departments.
(Mar 2013)
Emerg Med Clin North Am
Transient ischemic attack: reviewing the evolution of the definition, diagnosis, risk stratification, and management for the emergency physician.
(Aug 2012)
Regional nerve blocks of the face.
(May 2013)
Am J Emerg Med
Role of inferior vena cava and right ventricular diameter in assessment of volume status: a comparative study: Ultrasound and hypovolemia.
(May 2013)
Parenteral sedation of elderly patients with acute behavioral disturbance in the ED.
(May 2013)
Pediatr Emerg Care
Identification of unanticipated pelvic pathology on renal bedside ultrasound.
(Apr 2013)
Spontaneous pneumorrhachis.
(Apr 2013)
Eur J Emerg Med
Calcium administration during cardiac arrest: a systematic review.
(Apr 2013)
Emergency department rapid response systems: the case for a standardized approach to deteriorating patients.
(Jan 2013)
JAMA
Cardiac arrest due to anesthesia. A study of incidence and causes.
(Apr 1985)
Tricyclic antidepressant overdose. A review.
(Jan 1987)
N Engl J Med
Rights and health care--beyond equity and efficiency.
(Jul 1975)
Public Health Service study on Reye's syndrome and medications. Report of the pilot phase.
(Oct 1985)
BMJ
Explaining differences in English hospital death rates using routinely collected data.
(Jun 1999)
Interval between decision and delivery by caesarean section-are current standards achievable? Observational case series.
(Jun 2001)
Prehosp Emerg Care
The prevalence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus among out-of-hospital care providers and emergency medical technician students.
(Jan-Mar 2013)
The performances of standard and ResMed masks during bag-valve-mask ventilation.
(Apr-Jun 2013)
Air Med J
K-plan for patient repatriation after mass casualty events abroad.
(Mar 2012)
Analyzing communication errors in an air medical transport service.
(May-Jun 2013)
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Links to other web pages related to Biologic Counterterrorism and Emerging Diseases.
The Casualty Care Research Center prepared this series of real-life-based risk scenarios.
The Centers for Disease Control has established a Bioterrorism Program to ensure the rapid development of federal, state, and local capacity to address potential bioterrorism events.
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the Centers for Disease Control notifies clinicians of serious ongoing and emerging infectious disease threats.
The Health and Human Services Office of Emergency Preparedness is responsible for managing and coordinating Federal medical responses to major emergencies, including those resulting from terrorism.
Documents and resources to facilitate response planning for a terrorist incident
eMedicine CBRNE
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Biological Warfare Agents
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Botulism
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Brucellosis
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Chemical Decontamination
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Chemical Detection Equipment
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Chemical Warfare Agents
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Chemical Warfare Mass Casualty Management
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Cyanides, Cyanogen Chloride
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Cyanides, Hydrogen
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Evaluation Of A Biological Warfare Victim
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Evaluation Of A Chemical Warfare Victim
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Glanders and Melioidosis
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Incapacitating Agents, 3-quinuclidinyl Benzilate
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Incapacitating Agents, Agent 15
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Incapacitating Agents, Cannabinoids
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Incapacitating Agents, LSD
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Incendiary Agents, Magnesium and Thermite
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Incendiary Agents, Napalm
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Incendiary Agents, White Phosphorus
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Irritants: Cs, Cn, Cnc, Ca, Cr, Cnb, PS
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Lung-Damaging Agents, Chlorine
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Lung-damaging Agents, Chloropicrin
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Lung-damaging Agents, Diphosgene
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Lung-damaging Agents, Phosgene
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Lung-damaging Agents, Toxic Smokes: Nox, Hc, Rp, Fs, Fm, Sgf2, Teflon
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Nerve Agents, G-series: Tabun, Sarin, Soman
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Nerve Agents, V-series: Ve, Vg, Vm, Vx
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Plague
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Ricin
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Smallpox
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Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B
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Urticants, Phosgene Oxime
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Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis
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Vesicants, Mustard: Hd, Hn1-3, H
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Vesicants, Organic Arsenicals: L, ED, MD, PD, HL
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
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Vomiting Agents: Dm, Da, Dc
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RECENT BLOG POSTINGS
EMT students explore careers in emergency medicine - EMS1.com
EMS1 Daily News
By Stacey Hairston The Franklin News-Post. FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. � Franklin County High School's Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class got a first-hand look at the equipment on board Carilion's Lifeguard 10 last ...
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Leader in emergency medicine delivers McNabney Lectureship | PRN
P.R.N. | UMKC School of Medicine
Peter Rosen, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.E.P., F.A.A.E.M., a senior lecturer on medicine at Harvard School of Medicine and attending emergency physician at Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center took a look back at the evolution of ...
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Emergency Medicine residency celebrates 40th anniversary | P.R.N. ...
P.R.N. | UMKC School of Medicine
The UMKC School of Medicine Emergency Medicine Resdiency Program celebrated its 40th anniversary with a weekend of activities that included many of its nearly 350 alumni on May 3-4. The celebration began with the ...
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Academic Life in Emergency Medicine: How Social Media is Making ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
Whether you realize it or not, the use of social media (i.e. Facebook, twitter, and blogs) has found its way into the world of medical students, residents, physicians, and medical educators all around the world. The use of these ...
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Emergency Medicine Procedures Refresher for Graduating Class of ...
Department of Emergency Medicine
Jonathan Holloway and Brandon Allen, were both inducted into The Chapman Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Come find out how you can be a medical scribe! (JUNE 3rd & 4th) → ...
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Workshop for EMS Gathering - Emergency Medicine Ireland
Emergency Medicine Ireland
Anatomy for Emergency Medicine · CEM Anatomy · FOAM Resources · Lytics in stroke · The Numbers and the references · NINDS · SITS & ATLANTIS · ECASS Trials · MAST & ASK & a quote · DIAS-2 & EPITHET · What does it ...
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America Spends More on Emergency Medicine Than Previously ...
HealthWorks Collective - The world's best thinkers on healthcare
With 130 million visits, 28% of all acute-care visits, and accounting for nearly half of all admissions, emergency medicine should be expected to represent a large share of health care spending�.More attention should be ...
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Management of Pain in the Emergency Department
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
ISRN Emergency Medicine is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of emergency medicine.
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It is National Emergency Medical Services Week! | Mercy Hospital
Mercy Hospital
During National Emergency Medical Services Week, we recognize the tremendous role that EMS practitioners make to improve health in communities across the nation. Emergency care professionals are committed to ...
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Primer for Clinical Research in the Emergency Department
Life in the Fast Lane medical education blog
A Primer for Clinical Researchers in emergency is a FREE a five part series in EMA guest edited by Professor Franz Babl.
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Emergency Medicine Literature of Note: Fewer CTs, More ...
Emergency Medicine Literature of Note
This is a retrospective review from the Medical University of South Carolina that describes their implementation of an imaging protocol designed to encourage ultrasound use. They report before-and-after statistics for their ...
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Dr. Brian O'Neil appointed chair of WSU Emergency Medicine
Prognosis
Brian O'Neil, M.D., the Edward S. Thomas Endowed Professor and associate chair of Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been appointed chair of the ...
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LMC opens expanded emergency department | The-Dispatch.com
Local News from The Dispatch
Hospital officials say an emergency department that once displayed a "1980s feel" now boasts nothing of the sort.
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Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR) at BIDMC
Medical Education
This three-year program (PGY-1 to PGY-3) is affiliated with Harvard Medical School and is based at BIDMC, a 57000 visit per year Level I trauma center. Residents rotate at Boston Children's Hospital, Brockton Hospital, South Shore Hospital, ...
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Loyola Physician Named to Board of Illinois College of Emergency ...
Newswise: Latest News
Dr. Mark Cichon, DO, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine of Loyola University Medical Center, has been named to the board of directors of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians (ICEP).
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Emergency medicine takes honors at state meeting - The University ...
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
The Department of Emergency Medicine reigned as champions at the Texas College of Emergency Physicians Annual Meeting held in Frisco, Texas, April 11-14. The department received two first-place group awards and two individual ...
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Health News - Hospital Emergency Department Use, Importance ...
Health News from HealthCanal.com
Hospital Emergency Department Use, Importance Rises in U.S. Health Care System.
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Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant job in ...
Opportunity Health Care
Join a dynamic small hospital in southeastern Illinois that is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their emergency room staff. They are offering full benefits and a great salary.
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Emergency Medical Services Study Awarded Society for Clinical ...
Arizona BioIndustry Association
In all, RAMPART involved more than 4,000 paramedics, 33 emergency medical services (EMS) agencies and 79 hospitals across the United States to test the efficacy of intramuscular auto-injectors filled with the medication ...
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Academic Life in Emergency Medicine: Patwari Academy video ...
Academic Life in Emergency Medicine
This blog aims to give you a "behind the scenes" peek into this exciting specialty of Emergency Medicine. We aim to bridge the traditional world of academia and the modern world of social media as medical educators ...
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Daily Question
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What are the three elements of "Virchow's Triad" - the three predisposing factors to deep venous thrombosis?
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Vessel injury, hypercoagulable state, and venous stasis.
Tintinalli 3rd ed. p 255.
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Daily Aphorism
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
Daily Eponym
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Isolated enlargement of Virchow's nodes - seen in late stages of abdominal & pelvic malignancies.
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Daily Phobia
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Fear of objects at the right side of the body.
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Historical Terms
Mnemonics
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Cis starts with a C and the functional groups form a C. - Trans, therefore is the other one by default.
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