Category LITFL

LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

BHCG, Rhesus D and Progesterone

15% of the population are Rhesus negative; Rh D immunoglobulin is administered to non-sensitised Rh D negative women to prevent the development of Rh D antibodies and in so doing prevent Rh D induced haemolytic disease of the newborn.

Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840-1921) 340

Wilhelm Erb

Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840-1921) was a German neurologist. Reflex testing, the tendon hammer and Erb palsy