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Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849-1914) 340

Thomas Morgan Rotch

Thomas Morgan Rotch (1849-1914) was an American pediatrician. Rotch sign in pericardial effusion (1878) and Rotch pediatric incubator (1893)

Ralph M. Waters

Biography Medical Eponyms Waters To-and-Fro Carbon Dioxide Absorption Canister (1923) Guedel-Waters Cuffed intratracheal tube (1928) The catheter effectively prevents all air leaks and renders the respiratory system entirely closed, with a controllable to and fro respiratory exchange. Aspiration of foreign…

extremes

Going back to extremes!

The Leaderboard for 'extremes' from the real world of clinical pathophysiology! Seven years ago, thanks to a suggestion by Greg Kelly, we sought out the most extreme parameters clinicians have encountered in looking after their patients.

Antonio Palla (1950 - ) Italian radiologist. 340

Antonio Palla

Antonio Palla (1949 - ) is an Italian respiratory and nuclear medicine specialist. Palla sign in pulmonary embolus (1983)