History of the Electrocardiogram
A brief history of the ECG and electrocardiography and the eponymous names behind the ECG/EKG...
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Alfred Stieda
Eugen Julius Karl Paul Alfred Stieda (1869 – 1945) was a German Surgeon. Eponym: The Stieda fracture, Stieda tubercle and Pellegrini-Stieda disease (1908)
Henning Waldenström
Johan Henning Waldenström (1877-1972) Swedish Orthopaedic surgeon. Specialised in pediatric bone/joint tuberculosis Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease 1909
Arthur Legg
Arthur Thornton Legg (1874–1939) American orthopedic surgeon. Eponym: Legg’s disease in 1910 (Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease - LCPD)
Jacques Calvé
Jacques Calvé (1875–1954) was a French orthopaedic surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with 'maladie de Calvé' (Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease)
Georg Perthes
Georg Clemens Perthes (1869 – 1927) was a German surgeon. Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (1910); the Bankart shoulder repair and Perthes test
Pharm 101: Lithium
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Lithium: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
Pharm 101: Phenytoin
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Phenytoin: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
Pharm 101: Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole
ACEM Primary Pharmacology of Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole: the Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Clinical uses; Adverse effects
Liver Service Transfer / Referral
Remember the 3s and EncephalopaTHREE (ph 7.3, INR>3, BSL of 3.9 less, Encephalopathy) RIPE
Luer syringe
Lüer syringe dates to 1894, when Parisian medical instrument maker Hermann Wülfing-Lüer manufactured a unique graduated all-glass hypodermic syringe
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 304
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 304 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind The medical trivia FFFF.