Biography Medical Eponyms Waters To-and-Fro Carbon Dioxide Absorption Canister (1923) Guedel-Waters Cuffed intratracheal tube (1928) The catheter effectively prevents all air leaks and renders the respiratory system entirely closed, with a controllable to and fro respiratory exchange. Aspiration of foreign…
William Francis 'Fran' Ganong Jr. (1924 – 2007) was an American physiologist. Eponym: Lown-Ganong-Levine (1952)
Antonio Palla (1949 - ) is an Italian respiratory and nuclear medicine specialist. Palla sign in pulmonary embolus (1983)
Clinical Toxicologist Andre Dawson shares his knowledge and experience of organophosphate poisoning in 'Tox Asian Style' at SMACC.
Extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) have been a challenge to antimicrobial therapy since the 1980s and still continue to be...
Sir Thomas Watson (1792 - 1882) was an English physician. Remembered for his description of the palpable pulse of aortic regurgitation as likened to a Victorian toy, the water-hammer pulse in 1837
Biography Medical Eponyms Landouzy-Déjérine syndrome First to describe and publish 9 cases of Landouzy-Déjérine syndrome (facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy) in the third edition of De l’électrisation localisée in 1872: 219-220 Key Medical Attributions Duchenne smile Controversies Major Publications References Biography Eponymous…
Jean-Pierre Falret (1794 - 1870) was a French psychiatrist. Falret studied depression and suicide for 32 years and recorded cycles of depression and of elation which he named maladie circulaire and which is more commonly termed bipolar disorder
The current Bordetella pertussis epidemic began in 2008. The peak of the outbreak was reached in 2009 with 35,000 cases (156 per 100,000 population) with the most affected age group being the 5-9 year old cohort. Though immunisation is above 90%…
Cholera has a 50% mortality if left untreated. Find out when to give the vaccine and how best to protect yourself via our A-Z tropical vaccine library.
In the future infectious diseases specialists will not only have human infections and zoonoses to deal with, but gizmonotic diseases (like computer viruses) as well.
The Ballad of Eric's Prostate starts with an unusual finding hidden inside a patient's jocks...