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
Leopold Von Schrötter
Leopold Schrötter Ritter von Kristelli (1837-1908) an Austrian internal physician. He is known for his description of effort thrombosis (upper limb DVT) eponymously termed Paget-Shroetter syndrome in 1884.
Irving Stein
Irving Freiler Stein (1887-1976) was an American gynaecologist. remembered for his contribution to the field of infertility and eponymously for the Stein–Leventhal Syndrome (1934)
FFS: COPD
COPD is a chronic respiratory disease with irreversible airflow limitation, often due to smoking, marked by exacerbations needing oxygen and ventilatory support.
Charles Miller Fisher
Charles Miller Fisher (1913 - 2012) was a Canadian neurologist. Miller Fisher syndrome (1956) an acquired nerve disease variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Visceral artery aneurysm
Visceral artery aneurysm (VAA) and visceral artery pseudoaneurysm (VAPA) are arterial aneurysms affecting the coeliac, superior mesenteric, or inferior mesenteric arteries and their branches.
Henri Parinaud
Henri Parinaud (1844-1905) was a French ophthalmologist and neurologist. Parinaud Syndrome (1883) aka Dorsal Midbrain Syndrome
Charles Hallpike
Charles S. Hallpike (1900–1979), British neuro-otologist, co-devised the Dix–Hallpike manoeuvre, clarified Menière’s disease pathology, and pioneered vestibular physiology.
FFS: Asthma
Asthma is a chronic disease with acute, potentially fatal exacerbations. ED care hinges on severity assessment, rapid bronchodilation, and appropriate escalation.
FFS: Aspiration
Aspiration can cause chemical pneumonitis or bacterial pneumonia; management depends on severity and suspicion of infection, with antibiotics if in doubt.