vanPOCUS: Peripheral IV Access
A guide for ultrasound guided peripheral venous access from Vancouver POCUS
Ismar Isidor Boas
Ismar Isidor Boas (1858 - 1938) was a German gastroenterologist. Boas sign and Boas point (1894) Boas algesimeter (1891)
William Gissane
William Gissane (1898 - 1981) was an Australian born, British surgeon. Birmingham Accident Hospital first director; critical angle of Gissane
Williams syndrome
Description Williams-Beuren syndrome: Generalized disorder characterized by unusual facies, abnormal behavioral abilities, cardiovascular anomalies, especially supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS), renal and other abnormalities Characteristic clinical findings. Facial features: Young children are often described as cute or pixielike, with a flat…
Dunphy sign
Dunphy sign [* cough test; coughing test ] increased abdominal pain, localised to the right lower quadrant, with coughing. Attributed to John Englebert Dunphy (1908-1981)
John Cyprian Phipps Williams
John Cyprian Phipps Williams (1922 - ) New Zealand cardiologist. Eponymously remembered for Williams syndrome (1961)
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 303
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 303 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind The medical trivia FFFF.
Sophie Spitz
Sophie Spitz (1910 - 1956) was an American pathologist. Spitz nevus (1948)
Ann J. Johanson
Ann J. Johanson (1934 - 2020) was an American pediatric endocrinologist. Johanson-Blizzard Syndrome in 1971
Mind the Gap
A (happy) error: or why you should "mind the gap" with Peter Brindley
Otto Ullrich
Otto Ullrich (1894 - 1957) was a German pediatrician. Eponymously remembered for his description of Ullrich-Turner syndrome (1930)
Martin Flack
Biography Born 1882 Died 13 August 1931 Medical Eponyms Node of Keith-Flack (1907) [aka Keith-Flack node; SA node; sino-atrial node] Major Publications Keith A, Flack MW. The auriculo-ventricular bundle of the human heart. Lancet 1906; 168(4328): 359-364. [Re-print. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol.…