Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 243
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 243 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
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A Really Tricky ABG?
aka Metabolic Muddle 013 A 30 year-old female was admitted to the ICU following a traumatic brain injury. Her ABG was normal on arrival. Since admission her condition has deteriorated and she now has circulatory failure requiring 100mcg/min of noradrenaline…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 242
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 242 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Ludwig Lichtheim
Ludwig Lichtheim (1845 - 1928) was a German physician.
Antoine Marfan
Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan (1858 - 1942) was a French pediatrician. Described Marfan syndrome in 1896
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 241
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 244 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Gabriel Anton
Gabriel Anton (1858 - 1933) Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist.
Einar Meulengracht
Jens Einar Meulengracht (1887 - 1976) was a Danish physician. Meulengracht ikterus index; Meulengracht diet; Gilbert syndrome
Christian Heerfordt
Biography Medical Eponyms Heerfordt syndrome (1909) a rare manifestation of sarcoidosis characterized by the presence of fever, facial nerve palsy, parotid gland enlargement, anterior uveitis, and low grade fever Major Publications References
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 240
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 240 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Christian Doppler
Christian Andreas (Johann) Doppler (1803-1853) was an Austrian physicist and mathematician known principally for his description of the Doppler effect
Bernard Lown
Bernard Lown (1921-2021) American cardiologist, activist and inventor. Developed DC cardioversion. Nobel Peace prize winner. Eponym: Lown-Ganong-Levine