Scared of paediatrics?
What you need to know so you don't stress out when dealing with sick kids. SMACC 2019
Category Medical Specialty
Bado Classification
José Luis Bado (1903-1977) was a Uruguayan surgeon who created the Bado Classification of Monteggia fractures in 1967 to define 4 Types
Lilly Dubowitz
Lilly Dubowitz (1930 - 2016) Hungarian-born British paediatrician. Dubowitz Score (1970); Dubowitz neurological examination (1980)
Priscilla White
Priscilla White (1900 - 1989) was an American physician. White Classification of Diabetes in Pregnancy (1949, 1965, 1978)
John Barton
John Rhea Barton (1794-1871) was an American Orthopaedic Surgeon. Eponym: Barton fracture (1838). Intra-articular distal radius fracture.
Arthur Ernest Guedel
Arthur Ernest Guedel (1883 – 1956) was an American anesthesiologist. Guedel Oropharyngeal airway and classification system
Malgaigne Fracture
Malgaigne fracture is an unstable fracture of the pelvis. First described in 1847 by French surgeon Joseph François Malgaigne (1806 – 1865)
The Great Fluid Debate
John Myburgh hypothesises that resuscitation fluids cause more harm than they save lives.
T. Philip Ayre
Thomas Philip Ayre (1901-1979) was an English anaesthetist. Ayre is most well-known for his eponymous T-piece, a device which revolutionised anaesthesia for babies and children.
Harold Arthur Hill
Harold Arthur Hill (1901-1973) was an American radiologist who worked with Maurice David Sachs (1909-1987). Eponym: Hill-Sachs lesion (1940)
Mary Holt
Mary Clayton Holt (1924 - 1993) was an English cardiologist. Holt-Oram syndrome (1960)
William Ganz
William Ganz (1919 – 2009) Slovakian-born American cardiologist. Co-invented the Swan-Ganz catheter with Jeremy Swan at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 1970