Michael Denborough
Michael Antony Denborough (1929 – 2014) was an Australian anaesthetist, academic, activist and medical researcher. First described malignant hyperthermia (Maladie de Denborough)
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.
Axillary and subclavian vein thrombosis
Axillary and subclavian vein thrombosis is an important diagnosis to make. The incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) and long-term sequelae is high in untreated cases.
FFS: Asbestosis
Asbestosis is a progressive fibrotic lung disease from asbestos inhalation, with restrictive pattern, pleural disease, and risk of mesothelioma and lung cancer.
André Strohl
André Strohl (1887-1977) was a French physician and physicist. Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome described in 1916