Albrecht von Graefe
Albrecht von Gräfe (1828 – 1870) was a German ophthalmologist. Founder of scientific ophthalmology, Graefe sign (1864)
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Where are the lemons?
You are wandering past the bedside of a 42 year old male with a cerebral abscess…and you notice he has orange urine. Unusual Urine.
3D Printing – How does it make those models?
3D Printing – How does it make those models? 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, comes in a couple of different forms but these all essentially boil down to one of two processes
Oxygenation Indices
Reviewed and revised 6 January 2016 OVERVIEW This page summaries different indices used to quantify pulmonary oxygenation Measured intrapulmonary shunt is the gold standard test for determining pulmonary oxygen transfer Indices are either tension-based or content-based (aka concentration-based) tension-based indices…
FOAM for University of Melbourne MD Student Conference 2014
OVERVIEW This page collates resources supporting my presentation on FOAM at the University of Melbourne MD Student Conference 2014, titled ‘Come Join the FOAM Party’. The page will be revised and updated based on discussions and questions asked at the conference.…
Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT)
Reviewed and revised 20 November 2016 OVERVIEW APAMT is the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology: The Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology in an international association established by a group of medical toxicologists in 1989. Its goal is to promote…
Pierre Mallet-Guy
Pierre Mallet-Guy (1897 - 1995) was a French surgeon. Mallet-Guy sign in patients with chronic pancreatitis (1943)
John Dalrymple
John Dalrymple (1803-1852) English surgeon and ophthalmologist. Dalrymple sign (1952) relating to Graves disease; dissection and histology of first case of multiple myeloma with Bence Jones (1846)
Karl Stellwag von Carion
Karl Stellwag von Carion (1823 – 1904) was an Austrian ophthalmologist. Eponym: Stellwag Sign (1869) in Graves orbitopathy
Dalrymple sign
Dalrymple sign: Widened palpebral tissue (lid retraction) or lid spasm seen in thyrotoxicosis (Graves disease) by John Dalrymple (1852)
Graefe sign
von Graefe sign (lid lag sign): Failure of the upper lid to follow a downward movement of the eyeball when the patient changes his or her vision from looking up to looking down. Typically associated with hyperthyroidism and exophthalmos
Stellwag Sign
Stellwag Sign: decreased, incomplete or infrequent blinking in patients with exophthalmic goitre (Graves-Basedow disease). Stellwag sign may also seen in progressive supranuclear palsy, and in dysthyroid eye disease