Appendicitis – the eponymous examination
Authors eponymously associated with abdominal signs, symptoms, investigation and management of appendicitis
Rovsing sign
Rovsing sign
Rovsing sign (1907): In acute appendicitis, palpation of the left lower quadrant may elicit pain in the right lower quadrant. Niels Rovsing and Emil S Perman (1904)
Appendicitis
A review of the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of appendicitis, with a particular focus on emergency department work-up and management
Emil Perman
Emil Samuel Perman (1856 - 1946) was a Swedish general surgeon. Eponymsously associated with the Perman-Rovsing sign
Niels Thorkild Rovsing
Niels Thorkild Rovsing (1862-1927) was a Danish surgeon Eponym linked with Rovsing sign (1907) in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 234
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 234 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Ludwig Traube
Ludwig Traube (1818 - 1876) was a German physician. Traube space; Traube pulse (pulsus bigeminus); Traube sign; and Doppelton