Achille Mario Dogliotti
Achille Mario Dogliotti (1897-1966), Italian surgeon. Pioneer of epidural anaesthesia (Dogliotti’s principle), pain therapy, cardiac surgery, and total extracorporeal blood circulation
Category Anaesthesia/Analgesia
Fidel Pagés
Fidel Pagés (1886–1923): Spanish military surgeon who described “anestesia metamérica” (1921), an early, practical lumbar epidural technique.
William T. Lemmon
William Thomas Lemmon (1896-1974), surgeon who pioneered continuous spinal anaesthesia, and the Lemmon mattress
a knackered neonate…
the case. You are working in a district hospital and are called to the Special-Care Nursery to assist with an unwell newborn infant. She was born 2 hours ago at 39 + 4 weeks gestation, to a primip mother who…
better late than never…
The case. An obese 86 year old female is bought to ED by private car with a 5-6 day history of progressive dyspnoea and fevers. She is promptly rushed into the resus bay in extremis with cyanosis & poor respiratory…
top of the ladder…
The case. It’s 9 o’clock at night. You are asked to review a 45 year old male on the ward for uncontrolled pain. He has a history of Crohn’s disease and is 24 hours post-laparotomy for small bowel resection &…