William Stokes (physician)
William Stokes (1804–1878) was a pioneering Irish physician in cardiopulmonary diagnosis, famed for Cheyne–Stokes respiration and bedside clinical teaching.
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
Louis Virgil Hamman (1877-1946) was an American physician. Credited for Hamman-Rich syndrome, Hamman Syndrome and Hamman sign.
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,…
Searching for Smaug
The spontaneous tension pneumothorax...does it really exist?
Tension pneumothorax – time to change the old mantra?
ATMIST handover - 28 y/o male, injured 25 mins ago, penetrating chest trauma, Asherman seal anterior chest, RR 35, deteriorating, high flow O2 administered.