U.S Top Hospital Honor Roll (2010-2011) U.S. News and World Report

U.S. News & World Report "U.S Top Hospital Honor Roll" for 2010-2011 (Rank Order):

1. Johns Hopkins Hospital
2. Mayo Clinic
3. Massachusetts General Hospital
4. Cleveland Clinic
5. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
6. New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell
7. University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
8. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis
9. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
10. Duke University Medical Center

Johns Hopkins Hospital (Over-all Winner):

• Johns Hopkins Hospital (Billings Building) is pictured opposite.
• The hospital was ranked No. 1 in 5 medical specialties & in the top 3 in 7 specialties:
• Ear, Nose & Throat (1st)
• Gynecology (1st)
• Neurology and Neurosurgery (1st)
• Rheumatology (1st)
• Urology (1st)
• Kidney Disorders (2nd)
• Ophthalmology (2nd)
• Psychiatry (2nd)
• Cardiology & Heart Surgery (3rd)
• Diabetes and Endocrinology (3rd)
• Gastroenterology (3rd)
• Geriatrics (3rd)

Image: Johns Hopkins Hospital (Billings Building)

Image Source: Peterfitzgerald on Wikitravel.org (Public Domain)

Tags: Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis - Cleveland Clinic - Duke University Medical Center - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Johns Hopkins Hospital - Mayo Clinic - Massachusetts General Hospital - New York-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell - Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center - University of California, San Francisco Medical Center - U.S. Hospital
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Cyanosis Differential Diagnosis

Cyanosis Definition:

• Blue discolouration of the skin.

Cyanosis Differential Diagnosis:

• Central cyanosis
• Cold agglutinins
• Methaemoglobinaemia
• Peripheral cyanosis
• Pseudocyanosis
• Sulphaemoglobinaemia

Image: Girl With Central Cyanosis due to Fallot's Tetralogy

Image Source: from Jon M.I. on Flickr (cc)

Tags: Central Cyanosis - Cold Agglutinins - Cyanosis - Methaemoglobinaemia - Peripheral Cyanosis - Pseudocyanosis - Sulphjaemoglobinaemia
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Obesity Waist Circumference Illustration - Healthy, Overweight, Obese

Obesity Waist Circumference Illustration -

Healthy, Overweight, Obese:

Showing from left to right:

• "Healthy" man has a 33 inch (84 cm) waist.
• "Overweight" man a 45 inch (114 cm) waist.
• "Obese" man a 60 inch (152cm) waist.

Image: from Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2000. Infographic: FDA/Renée Gordon (Public Domain)

Tags: Healthy - Illustration - Obese - Obesity - Overweight - Waist - Waist Circumference
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Percentage Of People Correctly Locating Body Organs (Graph)

Percentage Of People Correctly Locating Body Organs (Graph):

Bladder, Gallbladder, Heart, Intestines, Kidneys, Liver, Lungs, Ovaries, Pancreas, Stomach, Thyroid

Image: from TinyPic.com
Tags: Body Organ - Graph - Locating - People

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Terminal Burrowing (Hide-and-Die Syndrome)

Terminal burrowing details:

• Alternative name - hide-and-die syndrome.
• Behavioural pattern observed in the last stages of hypothermia.
• The individual enters small, enclosed spaces, ie cupboards, closets, wardrobes.
• In outdoor situations the victim may hide themselves in culverts, crevices between rocks or felled trees or even burrow under leaves.

Precipitating situations:

• Most often observed in moderately cold conditions.
• The individual's body temperature generally has fallen slowly.
• With dwelling associated episodes the condition is found during power outages.
• Outdoor episodes occur when the person is lost in chilly, but not freezing, weather.

Image: Burrowing Owl from TinyPic.com
Tags: Cold - Hypothermia - Hide-and-die Syndrome - Terminal Burrowing
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Paradoxical Undressing (Hypothermia Complication)

General Features:

• The inappropriate removal of clothing with an associated hypothermia.

Clinical Features:

• Typically occurs during moderate to severe hypothermia.
• Occurs as the person becomes disoriented, confused & combative.
• Removal of clothing increases the rate of heat loss.

Epidemiology:

• Associated with 20% - 50% of hypothermia deaths.

Pathophysiology:

• Possibly caused by cold-induced malfunction of the hypothalamus.
• Other contributors may be peripheral vascular smooth muscle fatigue leading to paradoxical vasodilatation & a feeling of warmth from the surge of warmer central blood to the extremities.
• This vasodilalation may fool the person into feeling hot.
• Removal of clothing increases the rate of heat loss.

Public Health Issues:

• Recognised issue in mountain rescue & survival training.
• May be misinterpreted as evidence of a sexual assault in urban victims.

Image: from Ger Meinema (cc)
Tags: Cold - Hypothalamus - Hypothermia - Paradoxial Undressing - Vasodilalation
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Medicalchemy Has Added Some New Specialty Blogs

Medicalchemy has added the following blogs:

• Medicalchemy Cardiology
• Medicalchemy Endocrinology
• Medicalchemy Haematology
• Medicalchemy Images
• Medicalchemy Infection
• Medicalchemy Mnemonics
• Medicalchemy Neuroscience
• Medicalchemy Pharmacology

Tags: Cardiology - Endocrinology - Haematology - Infection - Images - Infection - Mnemonics - Neuroscience - Pharmacology
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