Hans Asperger
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Friedrich Wegener
Friedrich Wegener (1907-1990) was a German pathologist. Affiliated with Wegener granulomatosis, now termed granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)
Verdant waste
You manage a young male with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. You are called to review because the patient has started to pass green urine
How Green is my urine
Casual perusal of the output from a patients indwelling catheter revelaed green urine. What are the commonest causes of this unusual urine?
Albrecht von Graefe
Albrecht von Gräfe (1828 – 1870) was a German ophthalmologist. Founder of scientific ophthalmology, Graefe sign (1864)
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)