Guido Fanconi

Biography Medical Eponyms Fanconi anaemia (1927) Toni-Debré-Fanconi syndrome (1936) – group of conditions exhibiting a defect in the reabsorption of glucose, amino acids, phosphate and potassium. Landsteiner-Fanconi-Andersen syndrome (1936) – Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas. Possibly same as Clarke-Hadfield syndrome.…

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Eduard Glanzmann

Biography Born 12 April 1887, Luzern 1909-1912 Studied medicine in Zürich, Berlin, and Berne 1914 – MD, Berne 1915 – Postgraduate studies at the paediatric clinic in the Charité, Berlin 1929 – Privatdozent in paediatrics, Berne 1932 – Professor and Director…

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Bronchial breath sounds

Bronchial breath sounds are characterised by expiration and inspiration producing noise of equal loudness and duration, sounding like blowing through a hollow tube. The expiratory sound is heard during the greater part of expiration, whereas the inspiratory sound stops abruptly at the height of inspiration, with a pause before the sound of expiration is heard.

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Rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis = autoimmune disorder characterised by a bilateral, peripheral symmetrical inflammatory arthritis with a number of other systemic associations. Multisystem disease which can range from mild -> severe

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Septic cardiomyopathy

Reviewed and revised 11 November 2016 OVERVIEW Septic cardiomyopathy is a common feature of severe sepsis syndromes and results in impaired intrinsic cardiac contractility First described by Parker et al in 1984 Incidence varies in studies, most report 20-60% incidence…