Year 2021
eponymythology appendicitis 340 2

Sherren triangle

Area of skin hyperaesthesia bounded by lines joining anterior superior iliac spine, the pubic symphysis and umbilicus. One of myriad eponymous signs of acute appendicitis.

SMACC 2019 yellow education communication 340

ATACC Simulation

The ATACC group take us through the evolution of human patient simulation. How can clinicians experience emotional attachment that comes when practicing procedures on rubber human simulators?

Hawkins Classification of Talus fractures (1970) 340

Hawkins classification

Hawkins classification: Classification system for talar neck fractures. Hawkins originally described Types I-III in 1970 with Canale and Kelly adding Type IV in 1978

ECG-LIBRARY-diagnosis-LITFL-340-2

Hypomagnesaemia

Isolated low serum Mg levels are associated with atrial depolarisation and ventricular repolarisation abnormalities, predisposing to ventricular arrhythmias

Osgood-Schlatter disease 340

Osgood-Schlatter disease

Osgood–Schlatter disease (OSD) Osteochondrosis or traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle. Paget (1891), Osgood (1903), Schlatter (1903)

SMACC 2019 red clinical critical care 340

Decompressive Craniectomy

What's next after RESCUEicp? -The results of this study may have been disappointing, but there are some questions about the trial itself which we review.

Pellegrini-Stieda lesion 680

Pelligrini-Stieda lesion

Köhler-Pellegrini-Stieda lesion: ossification near medial femoral collateral ligament adjacent to the margin of the medial femoral condyle.

SMACC 2019 green community advocacy 340

Northern Ireland HEMS

The story of the Northern Ireland HEMS Service, from the political and public campaign to get it started right through to the teamwork and hard work involved in making this project a reality.

François Chopart joint and amputation 680

François Chopart

François Chopart (1743 – 1795) was a French Surgeon. Eponymously associated with Chopart fracture-dislocation, Chopart joint and Chopart amputation.