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- Median Nerve: Anatomy, Function, and Clinical Relevance
- Radial Nerve and the Saturday Night Palsy
- An Overview of the Sciatic Nerve
- The Anterior Choroidal Artery: Small but Mighty
- The Internal Capsule: Some Pricey Brain Real Estate
- The Peroneal Nerve and the Dropped Foot
- Electron Transport Chain in All Its Glory
- Sugar Strip Down: Glycolysis and Energy Formation
- Hans Krebs and His Cycle: Oxidation and Energy
- The Basics of Myocardial Infarction
- A Simple Approach to Hemodynamic Instability
- Fluid Around the Heart: Pericardial Effusions
- Cardiac Output: Pump, Pump, Squeeze
- Systemic Vascular Resistance: Radius, Length, and Viscosity
- Carotid Stenosis: TIAs, Strokes, and Amaurosis Fugax
- Aortic Dissection: Intima, Media, Debakey
- Atherosclerosis: Gruel and Hardening
- Atrioventricular Block: PR, QRS, and Mobitz
- Hypertension: Understanding and Managing High Blood Pressure
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Amyloid, Diastolic Dysfunction, and Kussmaul’s Sign
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Athletes and Genetic Mutations
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Poor Pump, an S3, and Crackles
- Ventricular Fibrillation: Shock Me Baby!
- Barrett’s Esophagus: Epithelial Metaplasia
- Appendicitis: A Vestigial Remnant to Belly Pain
- Cholelithiasis: Female, Fat, Fertile, and Forty
- Sir William Ogilvie and His Syndrome: Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction
- Pyogenic Liver Abscesses: Pus, Needle Drainage, and Antibiotics
- Burrill B. Crohn and His Disease: GI Inflammation
- ICU Notes: The Devil is in the Details
- SOCRATES: Thinking About Pain
- Hot to Interpret a Head CT: Blood Can Be Bad
- What Do New Orleans and Canada Have in Common? Head CT Rules
- Books, Books, and More Books: My Picks for Best Books for Medical Students
- The Frustrations of Dealing with a Demanding Patient
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Hormones Gone Amuck
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Gonococcus, Chlamydia, and the Chandelier Sign
- Ixodus, Burgdorferi, and Lyme Disease Oh My!
- Giardia Lamblia: You Better Have a Toilet Nearby!
- Tuberculous Meningitis: Basal Cisterns, Strokes, and Hydrocephalus
- Enterobius Vermicularis and Itchy Butts
- Phenylketonuria: A Musty Aminoacidopathy
- Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome: GAGs and Dermatan Sulfate
- Carbs, Fats, and Proteins: How the Body Burns Fuel
- The Hangman’s Fracture
- Latin for Toothlike: Fractures of the Odontoid Process
- Burst Fractures: Axial Loading and Ouch!
- Atlas Fractures: The Weight of the World on Its Shoulders
- Gout: Uric Acid, Negatively Birefringent, and My Big Toe
- Ossified Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Its Clinical Significance
- Cervical Facet Dislocation: Houston We Have a Problem…
- Os Odontoideum: Floating Bone of the Axis
- Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation (Internal Decapitation)
- Denis’ Three Column Spine: A Simple Way to Think About Spinal Stability
- Diffuse Axonal Injury: Shearing the Cables
- Cerebral Sinus Thrombosis: When the Brain Veins Go Bad
- Vein of Galen Malformations: A Misnomer of Sorts
- The Indirect Basal Ganglia Pathway
- The Direct Basal Ganglia Pathway
- Parkinson’s Disease: A Pathology of Motion
- Bror Rexed and His Laminae
- Glioblastoma: A Real Beast of a Tumor
- Multiple Sclerosis: Multiple Scars in the CNS
- Monro-Kellie and Their Doctrine: Blood, Brain, and Spinal Fluid
- Medulloblastoma: Sonic Hedgehog, Wingless, and Prognosis
- Hydrocephalus: Greek for Water Head
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Aneurysms, Vasospasm, and Hyponatremia
- Chiari Malformation: Type 1, Tonsils, and Syrinx
- Cervical Myelopathy: A Squished Spinal Cord
- Colloid Cysts of the Third Ventricle
- Cauda Equina Syndrome: Pee, Poop, and Leg Problems
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
- Cerebellum, Purkinje, Mossy, and All That Jazz
- Diffuse Axonal Injury: Shearing the Cables
- Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations: A Disease of Eloquence
- Ependymoma: Myxopapillary, Anaplastic, and Perivascular Pseudorosettes
- Brain Boo Boos: Cerebrovascular Accidents (Stroke)
- Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Leaky Vessels
- Middle Cerebral Artery: A Common Site for Strokes
- Spinal Shock and Neurogenic Shock: The Battle Begins
- A Tail of Two Names: Acoustic Neuroma or Vestibular Schwannoma
- Basics of Pregnancy: GxPy and Naegele’s Rule
- Bun in the Oven: Fetus Surveillance Techniques
- Prenatal Cytogenetic Testing: MSAFP, Quad Screens, Amniocentesis
- Ependymoma: Myxopapillary, Anaplastic, and Perivascular Pseudorosettes
- Medulloblastoma: Sonic Hedgehog, Wingless, and Prognosis
- Glioblastoma: A Real Beast of a Tumor
- Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: B-Cells, Pel-Ebstein, and EBV
- Chordoma and that Pesky Notochord
- A Tail of Two Names: Acoustic Neuroma or Vestibular Schwannoma
- Cardiac Output: Pump, Pump, Squeeze
- Systemic Vascular Resistance: Radius, Length, and Viscosity
- Starling the Darling: Starling’s Equation and Fluid Movement
- Monro-Kellie and Their Doctrine: Blood, Brain, and Spinal Fluid
- Spinal Shock and Neurogenic Shock: The Battle Begins