Ernest William Goodpasture
Ernest William Goodpasture (1886 - 1960) was an American pathologist. Goodpasture syndrome (1918)
Category Respiratory
SARS-CoV-2 phenotypes
Some experts divide patients in two separate phenotypes: The “L” phenotype characterized by a hypoxemic failure and “low elastance” lungs (high compliance) and the “H” phenotype with “high elastance and recoil” lungs (lower compliance).
CXR Case 157
A 79 year old female with a history of atrial fibrillation and hypertension presents with increasing dyspnea. Interpret the evolving CXR's
CXR Case 156
An 18 year old female presents with right sided pleuritic chest pain. describe and interpret her CXR
Lung ultrasound: COVID-19 cases
When is a COVID case not a COVID case? Lung ultrasound: COVID-19 cases with @thesonocave
CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism
Eponymythology associated with chest X-ray signs in pulmonary embolus and pulmonary infarction. We review related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology
Lotte Strauss
Lotte Strauss (1913–1985) was a German born, American practicing pathologist. Eponymous affiliation with Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS) in 1951. Now known as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
Churg–Strauss syndrome
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) - archaic eponym: Churg–Strauss syndrome (CSS) or allergic granulomatosis
Louis Hamman
Biography Born December 21 1895 – BA, Rock Hill College in Ellicott City, Maryland 1901 – MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Died Medical Eponyms Hamman-Rich syndrome (1933) With Arnold R Rich Hamman syndrome (1939) Key Medical Contributions Major Publications…
Leo Schamroth
Biography Born 2 June 1924 in Antwerp, Belgium 1929 – Family emigrated to Johannesburg, South Africa 1948 – Medical degree, University of the Witwatersrand 1949 – Internship at the ‘Non-European Hospital’ in Hillbrow, Johannesburg 1952 – Member of the Royal…
They meant well
I am a doctor who questions a lot of medical dogma. Perhaps my own, somewhat sad medical story at least in part explains this oppositional personality trait. Valendar F Turner FRACS FACEM In 1950, when I was five years old,…
Henri Huchard
Biography Born 4 April 1844 Auxon, France 1887-1910 Director of Publication of the Journal: Revue générale de clinique et de thérapeutique Died 1 December 1910 Medical Eponyms Syndrôme de Huchard; précordialgie Huchard sign Major Publications Huchard H. Quand et comment…