Robert Adams
Robert Adams (1791–1875), Dublin physician, first described Adams–Stokes syndrome and pioneered clinical-pathological correlation in heart disease
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John Cheyne
John Cheyne (1777–1836), Irish physician, co-described Cheyne-Stokes respiration, advanced clinical neurology, and linked pupils to brain injury
Cheyne-Stokes respiration
Cheyne-Stokes respiration is a cyclical breathing pattern of apnoea and hyperpnoea, seen in heart failure, brain injury, and end-of-life settings.
Francis Dercum
American neurologist Francis Xavier Dercum (1856–1931), first described Dercum’s disease; pioneer in neurology, psychiatry, and medical education.
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease
Rendu-Osler-Weber disease (aka Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT)) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterised by epistaxis, cutaneous telangiectasia, and visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Exophthalmos (Proptosis)
Exophthalmos (proptosis) is abnormal eye protrusion, often from Graves disease or orbital lesions. Urgent assessment is needed to prevent vision loss.
Dacryocystitis
Acute dacryocystitis is a painful infection of the nasolacrimal duct, often with swelling, discharge, and risk of abscess or orbital cellulitis.
Robert May
Robert May (1912–1984), pioneer of scientific phlebology; co-described May–Thurner syndrome and the May perforating vein, advancing venous diagnostics.
Alfred Lewis Galabin
Alfred Lewis Galabin (1843-1913) English obstetric physician. Using an apexcardiogram he was documented atrioventricular (AV) block in humans.
Echo basics: Measurements and Reports
Echocardiography and valve measurements. Comprehensive assessment requires measurements to be made from 2D images and the waveforms generated during Doppler investigations
Neuro 101: Cerebral Hemispheres
Neuro 101: Cerebral Hemispheres. Clinicoanatomic correlation for frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes. Overview of anterior and posterior arterial circulation
Non-traumatic Abdominal Ecchymosis
Non-traumatic abdominal ecchymosis of the abdominal wall and flanks (Grey Turner, Cullen and Stabler); scrotum (Bryant) and upper thigh (Fox) as clues to potentially serious causes of abdominal pathology.