Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-RS)
The Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score (ADD-RS) is a validated scoring system that helps stratify low to moderate risk patients who may have an aortic dissection.
Jean Alfred Fournier
Alfred Jean Fournier (1832-1914) was a French Dermatovereologist specialising in congenital syphillis, stressing the importance of syphilis as a cause of degenerative diseases and parasyphilitic conditions.
Moritz Benedikt
Moritz Benedikt (1835-1920) was an Austro-Hungarian neurologist. Benedikt syndrome (1889); the criminal mind; dowsing and Darsonvalisation
Superficial venous thrombosis
Superficial venous thrombosis is rarely life-threatening. It carries a low risk of pulmonary embolism(1%), with concurrent DVT(~25%).
Procedure: Ocular foreign body removal
Emergency procedure, instructions and discussion: Ocular foreign body removal. Exactly what it says on the tin
George Huntington
George Huntington (1850-1916) was an was an American physician. Described Huntington's disease (1872) at age 22 based on his family
Holstein–Lewis fracture
Holstein–Lewis fracture: simple spiral fracture of the distal third of the shaft of humerus with distal bone fragment displaced and the proximal end deviated toward the radial side
Gwilym B. Lewis
Gwilym B. Lewis (1914-2009) American Orthopedic Surgeon. With Arthur Holstein - eponymously affiliated with the Holstein–Lewis fracture (1963)
Arthur Holstein
Arthur Holstein (1913-2000) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon with Gwilym Lewis described the Holstein–Lewis fracture (1963)
Thromboangiitis obliterans
Thromboangiitis obliterans (aka Buerger disease) is a non-atherosclerotic, segmental, inflammatory disease that most commonly affects the small to medium-sized arteries and veins of the upper and lower limbs.
Procedure: Ocular foreign body removal
Emergency Procedure: Ocular foreign body removal. Exactly what it says on the tin
Albert Hoffa
Albert Hoffa (1859-1907) was a German orthopedic surgeon. eponymously affiliated with a distal femur fracture (1888); an operation for congenital hip dislocations (1890); the development of a system of massage therapy, the Hoffa system (1893); and the Hoffa fat pad