Biography Medical Eponyms Fanconi anaemia (1927) Toni-Debré-Fanconi syndrome (1936) – group of conditions exhibiting a defect in the reabsorption of glucose, amino acids, phosphate and potassium. Landsteiner-Fanconi-Andersen syndrome (1936) – Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas. Possibly same as Clarke-Hadfield syndrome.…
Louis Henri Vaquez (1860-1936) was a French physician and cardiologist. Described polycythaemia vera (Vaquez-Osler disease) in 1892
Platelet transfusions are undertaken for numerous reasons, such as severe bleeding with low platelet counts, or dysfunctional platelets.
Modifications to blood components that can be requested / are performed on products which include washed, phenotype matching etc.
Aka. RiaSTAP or Fibrinogen (Factor I) Concentrate DESCRIPTION INDICATIONS ADMINISTRATION / DOSING Intravenous (IV) PREPARATION PHARMACEUTICS GROUP / CROSSMATCH ADVERSE EFFECTS LOCATION OF ACTION MECHANISM OF ACTION CONTRAINDICATIONS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES TO CRYOPRECIPITATE Advantages Disadvantages RECONSTITUTION TIPS It is a…
Dorothy Mabel Reed Mendenhall (1874 - 1964) was an American physician, pediatrician and public health specialist. Reed-Sternberg cells (1902)
Winifred Mayer Ashby (1879 - 1975) was an English born, American pathologist, pianist and medical researcher. Ashby technique (1919)
Thomas Hodgkin (1798 – 1866) was an English physician and pathologist. Eponym: Hodgkin disease (1832); Key-Hodgkin murmur (1827)
Richard Clarke Cabot (1868-1939) American physician - clinical haematology; pioneering approach to social work; Cabot-Locke murmur (1903)
Virginia Claire Canale (1936 - 2005) was a pediatric hematologist. Canale-Smith syndrome (1967)
Thomas Benton Cooley (1871 - 1945) was an American pediatrician and haematologist. Cooley Anemia (1925) [Thalassemia major]
Ida Bianco Silverstroni (1917 - 2006) was an Italian physician and haematologist. Silvestroni-Bianco anaemia (1948); heterozygotous thalassaemia