Eponymythology Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/litfl/eponymythology/ Emergency medicine education and critical care education blog Thu, 29 May 2025 08:41:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://litfl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-LITFL-Logo-Square-516-TR-100x100.png Eponymythology Archives • LITFL https://litfl.com/category/litfl/eponymythology/ 32 32 124409178 Name that murmur https://litfl.com/heart-murmur-eponyms/ https://litfl.com/heart-murmur-eponyms/#respond Thu, 29 May 2025 03:48:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=254531 Gary Zhang, Andrew Robbins and Mike Cadogan Name that murmur

Eponymythology: heart murmur eponyms and named cardiac murmurs. Related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology.

]]> https://litfl.com/heart-murmur-eponyms/feed/ 0 254531 Coudé tip catheter https://litfl.com/coude-tip-catheter/ https://litfl.com/coude-tip-catheter/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2023 04:20:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=266416 Mike Cadogan and John Mackenzie Coudé tip catheter

The coudé catheter has a curved tip and is derived from the French term “coudé” for “elbow.” Described by Louis Auguste Mercier in 1836

]]> https://litfl.com/coude-tip-catheter/feed/ 0 266416 Eponymous ankle and talus injuries https://litfl.com/eponymous-foot-ankle-and-talus-injuries/ https://litfl.com/eponymous-foot-ankle-and-talus-injuries/#respond Sun, 28 May 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=193539 Mike Cadogan Eponymous ankle and talus injuries

Eponymythology associated with signs, symptoms, investigation and management of ankle and talus injuries, fractures and conditions.

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Authors eponymously associated with abdominal signs, symptoms, investigation and management of appendicitis

]]> https://litfl.com/appendicitis-eponyms/feed/ 0 254675 Haff disease https://litfl.com/haff-disease/ https://litfl.com/haff-disease/#respond Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=244972 Elizabeth Ahern-Flynn and Mike Cadogan Haff disease

Haff disease is a rare syndrome characterized by unexplained myalgia, rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria, within 24 hours of freshwater fish or crustacean ingestion

]]> https://litfl.com/haff-disease/feed/ 0 244972 Where are all the Women? https://litfl.com/where-are-all-the-women/ https://litfl.com/where-are-all-the-women/#respond Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=232504 Jenny Stuart-Smith, Kathryn Scott and Michelle Johnston Where are all the Women?

Hypothesis: Women are underrepresented in the realm of medical eponyms. Deep dive into eponymythology, and the roiling ocean of gender imbalance.

]]> https://litfl.com/where-are-all-the-women/feed/ 0 232504 Eponymous foot injuries https://litfl.com/eponymous-foot-injuries/ https://litfl.com/eponymous-foot-injuries/#respond Thu, 20 May 2021 14:55:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=198760 Aparicio Gomez and Mike Cadogan Eponymous foot injuries

Eponymythology associated with signs, symptoms, investigation and management of foot injuries. Review of related eponyms; the person behind the name; their relevance today; and modern terminology

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Non-traumatic abdominal ecchymosis of the abdominal wall and flanks (Grey Turner, Cullen and Stabler); scrotum (Bryant) and upper thigh (Fox) as clues to potentially serious causes of abdominal pathology.

]]> https://litfl.com/atraumatic-abdominal-ecchymosis/feed/ 0 179455 Aortic Regurgitation Eponymythology https://litfl.com/aortic-regurgitation-eponymythology/ https://litfl.com/aortic-regurgitation-eponymythology/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2020 04:25:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=195391 Gary Zhang and Mike Cadogan Aortic Regurgitation Eponymythology

Chronological review of the clinical signs aortic regurgitation / insufficiency. 31 eponyms proposed by Ashrafian (2005) and Zacek (2018)

]]> https://litfl.com/aortic-regurgitation-eponymythology/feed/ 2 195391 CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism https://litfl.com/cxr-eponyms-in-pulmonary-embolism/ https://litfl.com/cxr-eponyms-in-pulmonary-embolism/#comments Fri, 06 Mar 2020 13:03:26 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=200822 Mike Cadogan CXR eponyms in pulmonary embolism

Eponymythology associated with chest X-ray signs in pulmonary embolus and pulmonary infarction. We review related eponyms, the person behind their origin, their relevance today, and modern terminology

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A brief history of the ECG and electrocardiography and the eponymous names behind the ECG/EKG...

]]> https://litfl.com/history-of-the-electrocardiogram/feed/ 0 193165 Second-degree Atrioventricular block https://litfl.com/second-degree-atrioventricular-block/ https://litfl.com/second-degree-atrioventricular-block/#respond Sat, 01 Feb 2020 06:31:00 +0000 https://litfl.com/?p=177787 Mike Cadogan Second-degree Atrioventricular block

Eponymythology of Second-degree Atrioventricular (AV) block including Luciani, Galabin, Wenckebach, Hay and Mobitz

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