Thomas sign
Thomas's sign: Silver, aluminium or metallic coloured stools. Caused by the combination of cholestatic (acholic) pale stools secondary to CBD obstruction and the black-tar colour malaena.
Category Gastroenterology
Ultrasound Case 109
A 6 year old boy presents with lower abdominal pain and vomiting. He has had intermittent pain for a week thought to be due to mesenteric adenitis.
Anthony Bassler
Anthony Bassler (1874 - 1959) was an American gastroenterologist. Bassler sign (1913) appendicitis clinical examination
Charles Aaron
Charles Dettie Aaron (1866 – 1951) was an American gastroenterologist. Eponym: Aaron sign (1913) in chronic appendicitis
Cardiac Arrest flow
Cardiac arrest physiology is an emerging field of research that may allow us to better understand why clinical trials of cardiac arrest have been so frustrating
Hypothermia and varices
Variceal bleeds can lead to terrifyingly messy resuscitations; this talk reviews tricks and tips for rescuing your patient from massive GI bleeding disasters.
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Peutz-Jeghers-syndrome: A Syndrome gastrointestinal polyposis characterized by specific melanin pigmentations of the skin and mucous membranes
Thomas Fitz-Hugh
Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr (1894 – 1963) was an American Surgeon eponymously affiliated with Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome (1930, 1934)
T. Kennedy Dalziel
Thomas Kennedy Dalziel (1861 - 1924) was a Scottish surgeon.
Gordon D. Oppenheimer
Gordon David Oppenheimer (1900 - 1974) was an American surgeon and urologist.
Leon Ginzburg
Biography Born 1898 1947-1967 Director of Surgery Emeritus, Beth Israel Medical Center New York Died 1988 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Major Publications Crohn BB, Ginzburg L, Oppenheimer GD. Regional ileitis; a pathologic and clinical entity. JAMA, 1932; 99: 1323-1329.…
Burrill B. Crohn
Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884 - 1983) was an American gastroenterologist.