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Pel-Ebstein fever

Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1885 – Pieter Klazes Pel first described this phenomenon in Berliner klinische Wochenschrift. A 25-year-old paper maker died after a four-month illness, in which five 10-30 day episodes of fever, each…

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Outcomes following Brain Injury

Measuring patient outcomes is at the core of prognostication and research in neurocritical care, but there is increasing concern that the way we define and measure outcomes is failing to capture the patients experience.

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James Mackenzie

Sir James Mackenzie (1853-1925) was a Scottish cardiologist and General Practitioner. Mackenzie was a pioneer in the study of cardiac arrhythmias known as the father of British cardiology