Dit is Instagram voor dokters, en het is immens populair

De app 'Figure 1', die speciaal ontworpen werd voor dokters en studenten geneeskunde, is nu een dikke twee weken beschikbaar in ons land, maar al immens populair. Zo werd die in korte tijd al meer dan 100.000 keer gedownload.

Par Liesbeth

- 13/07/2015 om 08:00

De applicatie wordt ook wel eens Instagram voor dokters genoemd, en er zijn inderdaad overeenkomsten. Zo kunnen dokters bij Figure 1 foto's delen, andere gebruikers volgen, en commentaar geven. Maar vrolijke selfies, vakantiefoto's of natuurprachtbeelden ga je hier niet tegenkomen. Figure 1 is immers bedoeld om foto's van patiënten uit te wisselen. Het resultaat is een resem foto's van etterende wonden, uistekende beenderen of geamputeerde ledematen. Om de privacy te beschermen, wordt het gezicht, en zelfs tatoeages en andere identificeerbare kenmerken onherkenbaar gemaakt.

This patient arrived in the ER unsure of why his fingernails had become so dark. His hemoglobin was found to be 22 g/dL and he explained that his skin became itchy after a shower. These findings are typical of polycythemia vera, one of the chronic myeloproliferative diseases, which is characterized by an elevated hemoglobin, pruritus upon bathing, erythromelalgia (red, painful extremities), and thrombosis. Do you know what other indicators may be present for polycythemia vera?

A photo posted by Figure 1 (@figure1) on Nov 24, 2014 at 11:53am PST

We've selected our image of the week. The specimen pictured here is a rare form of bladder stone known as a #jackstone. This variety is referred to as a jack stone because of its resemblance to the metal objects in the children's game, Jacks. Jackstones occur most often in the urinary bladder and less frequently in the upper urinary tract. Do you know how this stone develops its unusual shape? View this image on Figure 1 to find out. #medicine #medicalschool

A photo posted by Figure 1 (@figure1) on Jul 16, 2014 at 9:34am PDT

This image shows familial Polydactyly in a parent and child. There are 2 well described polydactyly syndromes, the one shown here (type A) typically includes a well-formed digit that articulates at the metacarpal.

A photo posted by Figure 1 (@figure1) on Feb 9, 2015 at 9:17am PST

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