André Lemierre
André-Alfred Lemierre (1875 – 1956) was a French bacteriologist. Best known for his 1836 publication on the condition now known as Lemierre syndrome
Category ENT
Charles Skinner Hallpike
Charles Skinner Hallpike (1900 - 1979) was an English otologist. Dix-Hallpike Test (1952); Peep-Show technique (1947); Bithermal caloric test (1942)
Epley maneuver
Epley maneuver: Particle repositioning maneuver for the treatment of BPPV - with the aim of moving the canaliths out of the posterior semicircular, back into the utricle.
Adam Politzer
Ádám Politzer (1835 - 1920) was a Hungarian Otolaryngologist. one of the principal founders of otology, was the first Professor of Otology in Vienna
Charles Ballance
Biography Born 30 August 1856 in Clapton, England 1881 – MBBS St. Thomas Medical School (gold medal in surgery) 1885 – FRCS Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons 1915 – Consultant surgeon to the British Army, stationed at Malta…
Inhaled Foreign Body
Inhaled Foreign Body: passage of a foreign body into the respiratory tract; potentially life-threatening
Bleeding Tracheostomy
Haemorrhage from, or around, a tracheostomy site is both relatively common and potentially life-threatening
Coroner’s clot
The 'Coroner's clot' is an occult clot of blood remaining in the nasopharynx behind the soft palate following local surgery or trauma that has the potential to cause fatal airway obstruction following extubation/ removal of a supraglottic airway device (SAD)
Carlo Mondini
Carlo Mondini (1729 – 1803) was an Italian anatomist and physician. Described the Mondini deformity of the inner ear with congenital deafness in 1791
The True Angina
A 44 year-old man presents to the ED 2 days after having an infected left mandibular second molar tooth extracted by his dentist.
Just a sore throat
aka ENT Equivocation 002 A 38 year old male with a background history of type 2 diabetes presents with fevers, rigors and pain on swallowing. There is no sign of impending airway compromise; however, marked trismus is noted. The following…
Postcard from the Edge in the Middle
In this 'Postcard from the Edge', LITFL's Michelle Johnston reflects on her recent exposure to indigenous health in Australia's remote communities. The 'Edge' can be quite close to home.