Pathophysiology 1) systemic necrotizing vasculitis of small- and medium-sized arteries 2) mostly affects renal, hepatic, and visceral arteries 3) … [Read more...]
Haiti Blog Updates and Photos from the Society of Critical Care Medicine
Reports and photos from The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) advance field team in Dominican Republic. … [Read more...]
Dr. Peter Hedberg Describes Operating and Surviving the Aftershocks in Haiti
Surgeon Dr. Peter Hedberg describes operating all night, breaking for only a few hours sleep on a chair before having to flee the large aftershock. … [Read more...]
American College of Surgeons Readying Large Response To Haiti Earthquake Victims
The American College of Surgeons and its' section Committee on Trauma is mobilizing a profession-wide response to the medical catastrophe developing … [Read more...]
Smallpox
Prior to starting your first entry for a new letter just paste Pathophysiology 1) caused by infection with variola virus 2) occurs in two … [Read more...]
Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
Pathophysiology 1) X-linked immunodeficiency syndrome with hallmarks of eczema, recurrent infections, and thrombocytopenia with subsequent … [Read more...]
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Syndrome (SCID)
Pathophysiology 1) group of disorders characterized by severe immunodeficiency secondary to deficiency in both cell-mediated and humoral immune … [Read more...]
Hemophilia B
Hemophilia B is a disorder of the blood Pathophysiology 1) congenital bleeding disorder caused by deficiency in factor 9 2) factor 9 is … [Read more...]
Hemophilia A
Hemophilia A is a disease of the blood Pathophysiology congenital coagulation disorder due to a defect in factor 8 (synthesized in liver), which … [Read more...]
Plague
Plague is often thought of as a disease that occurred in the Middle Ages only, but it is still found in the United States in the Southwest, … [Read more...]
Heart Surgeon Dr. David Bruce Allen Arrested On Multiple Felony Charges
Mississippi heart surgeon Dr. David Bruce Allen has been arrested for multiple felony charges involving attempts to bribe a witness. Allen, previously … [Read more...]
JFK Surgeon Dr. Malcolm Oliver (Mo) Perry, II Has Died
Dr. Malcolm Oliver Perry, the surgeon who performed the tracheostomy on President John F. Kennedy in Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas has died at … [Read more...]