Leopold Auenbrugger
Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg (1722 – 1809). Austrian Physician who described the use of chest percussion in the diagnosis of respiratory disease.
Fleischner sign
Fleischner sign: prominent dilated central pulmonary artery. Enlargement can be associated with massive embolus enlarging the luminal diameter of the proximal artery in the acute setting; or pulmonary hypertension in the subacute to chronic setting
John Howship
Biography Born 1781 1799 – Commenced medical school under tutelage of Dr. John Heaviside (1748–1828). Practised ‘Museum Medicine’ honing dissection skills to define anatomical sites of disease 1805 – Assistant surgeon at St. George’s infirmary and lecturer at the school…
ARDSnet Ventilation Strategy
ARDSnet Ventilation Strategy: Note that the definitions below have recently been revised - however they are included here as they were used in the ARDSNet trial.
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
Biography Born 26 October 1654 Died 20 January 1720 Medical Eponyms Sign Key Medical Attributions Commotio cordis (1707) Sic olim vidimus, inflicto vehementer pugno sub cartilagine mucronata, vitae nodum ex tempore solutum; nimirum quod eo loci una conuenivnt, valideque per…
How to be EPIC
Let it never be said that we resist change. We, the consultants in my ED, have been reinvented. We are now EPIC (...the Imperious).
Noonan syndrome
Noonan’s syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic condition with mutations affecting the RAS signaling pathway. Jacqueline Anne Noonan (1921 - )
Palla sign
Palla sign (1983) right descending pulmonary artery enlargement and 'sausage-shaped' appearance as a potential sign of pulmonary embolism on chest XR
High emotion in the workplace: Session 1
Dealing with high emotion in critical care causes us to react. This talk provides simple tools to manage those reactions.
Hampton hump
The Hampton hump is a well-defined pulmonary pleural based opacity representing hemorrhage and necrotic lung tissue in a region of pulmonary infarction caused by acute pulmonary embolism.
Dix-Hallpike Manoeuvre
The Dix-Hallpike manoeuvre is the gold standard test for the diagnosis of posterior semicircular canal BPPV, first described by Dix and Hallpike in 1952
Chang sign
Chang sign (1965) Dilated descending pulmonary artery associated with pulmonary infarction and pulmonary hypertension following pulmonary embolism