Category Medical Specialty

Guido Fanconi

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.…

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Eduard Glanzmann

Biography Born 12 April 1887, Luzern 1909-1912 Studied medicine in Zürich, Berlin, and Berne 1914 – MD, Berne 1915 – Postgraduate studies at the paediatric clinic in the Charité, Berlin 1929 – Privatdozent in paediatrics, Berne 1932 – Professor and Director…

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Theophylline toxicity

Theophylline and caffeine are the most commonly encountered methylxanthines. Theophylline = water soluble aminophylline derivative; cAMP phosphodiesterase inhibitors

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Malignant Hyperthermia

Malignant Hyperthermia = pharmacogenetic disease of skeletal muscle induced by exposure to certain anaesthetic agents; incidence 1:5,000 -> 1:65,000 anaesthetics (suspected); mutation in the gene coding for the ryanodine receptor