Jacques Lisfranc
Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin (1787–1847) was a French Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Lisfranc joint / fracture / injury / amputation (1815)
Category Medical Specialty
Asking Questions – Delivering Answers
RCTs deliver the most reliable evidence to guide how we treat our patients but they are badly designed, inaccurately reported and misunderstood. We can do better.
Rare Life-Threatening Emergencies
Rare Life-Threatening Emergencies; Publication Deficits & Potential Solutions with Laura Duggan
James Israel
James Adolf Israël (1848 - 1926) was a German surgeon. Eponyms: Actinomyces israelii, Nicoladoni-Israel-Branham sign
B. Raymond Fink
B. Raymond Fink (1914 – 2000) was an American anesthesiologist. Fink effect (1955): diffusion anoxia/hypoxia or the third gas effect; Fink Laryngoscope Blade (1958); Fink Non-rebreathing Valve (1954)
J.S. Dunbar
Biography Medical Eponyms Toddler’s fracture Major Publications References Biography Eponymous terms
Surviving the Aftermath of ECMO
ECMO is a life-saving intervention for critically ill patients, but patients describe a recovery period that can take months to years.
Paediatric virtual reality
VR in paediatrics procedures. Those of us looking after kids know that making confronting situations better for those kids is one our biggest challenges.
REBEL vs SKEPTIC
Critical care controversies: Salim Rezaie (REBELEM) and Ken Milne (SGEM) go toe-to-toe debating some hot topics in critical care.
Gordon Jackson Rees
Gordon Jackson Rees (1918 – 2001) was a British anaesthetist. He laid down the foundations for paediatric anaesthesia. Jackson Rees T-Piece, circuit and T-tube
Wallenberg Syndrome
Wallenberg Syndrome: neurological disorder with a variety of symptoms associated with posterior circulation ischaemic stroke. [AKA lateral medullary syndrome or posterior inferior cerebellar artery syndrome]
Charles Aston Key
Charles Aston Key (1793 –1849) was an English surgeon. Eponym: Key-Hodgkin murmur (1827)