CPR and Pregnancy
Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is a rare occurrence. There are a few common aetiologies and considerations while resuscitating.
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Robert Willan
Biography Medical Eponyms Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Eponymous terms
Persevering: Best and Worst Year
A 6-part series on “Persevering Through A Pandemic”. Episode 4 - The Best and Worst Year with clinical psychologist Dr Julie Highfield
Felix Lewandowsky
Felix Lewandowsky (1879-1921) was a German dermatologist. Jadassohn–Lewandowsky syndrome, Lewandowsky’s syndrome, Lewandowsky–Lutz dysplasia and Lewandowsky tuberculid
Charles J. Aldrich
Charles John Aldrich (1861-1908) American neurologist. Provided early description of Mees lines he termed 'Leuconychia striata arsenicalis transversus'
Florence R. Sabin
Florence Rena Sabin (1871-1953) American anatomist and medical researcher. Early description (1900) of Mees lines of the fingernails secondary to arsenic poisoning
Comms Lab: The Micro Skills
Comms Lab 18: Communication Skills for Difficult Conversations - The Actual Skills. Indexed toolbox of communication skills for difficult conversations.
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Stevens-Johnson syndrome is an immunological skin conditions, often secondary to drugs or infection.
Frank Johnson
Frank Chambliss Johnson (1894 – 1934) was an American pediatrician. Along with Albert Mason Stevens (1884 – 1945), is eponymously affiliated with Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Albert Stevens
Albert Mason Stevens (1884 – 1945) was an American surgeon. Eponym Stevens-Johnson syndrome (with Frank Chambliss Johnson)
Rigler notch sign
Indentation in the border of a solid lung mass (thought to represent a feeding vessel) - suggestive of a bronchial carcinoma.
Terry’s Nails
Terry's nails are a type of apparent leukonychia, characterized by ground glass opacification of almost the entire nail, with a narrow band of normal, pink nail bed at the distal border, and often with obliteration of the lunula.