Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Google Chrome links

Extensions

  1. GMail checker: Adds a pop-up feature for checking/deleating/marking spam on your gmail account
  2. EI Tab: Allows you to stay within Chrome's tabs and emulate Internet Explorer
  3. Stylish: Allows you to change a site's appearance by adding styles available HERE
Themes:
     Allow you to change the way the browser looks (all black for radiologists!)

Case of the week: Toddler with knee pain

Discoid meniscus, probably macerated, but not flipped

Primary Children's On-Line Resources

Access PCMC on-line resources!

You need to use IE or Chrome with  THIS EI TAB EXTENSION:

Chrome Version: ER Patient Tracker
Chrome Version: HELP2


If you need to use Internet Explorer, then use these links:

RadList: Radiology CME Course and Conference List

Click HERE to go to RadList

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Bone age determination in infants

Count the visible ossification centers as in the schematic above.  Blackened centers are the only ones that count.  Then use the chart above

Codman Hakim programmable shunt valve pressure verification wheel


Sunday, November 7, 2010

Risser Classification

The iliac crest apophysis is unossified until adolescence. 

At about 14 years, ossification begins on the anterolateral aspect of the iliac crest and continues posteromedially.

Fusion of the ossified apophysis begins around the age of 15 years and may not be complete until 25 years.