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Hx Med Final Ch 18b
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Undergraduate 3
10/22/2008

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Breckinridge
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started Kentucky Frontier Nursing Service in 1920s
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Rochdale Experiment
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experiment in England that reduced maternal morbidity
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Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis carinii
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ititial signs of AIDS in homosexual men
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Barre
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worked at Pasteur Institute; found AIDS virus was destroying T cells
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Sobrero
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discovered nitroglycerin
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Ludwig
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invented kymograph (recorded changes in arterial blood pressure)
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Fick
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cardiac output = O2 consumption/arteriovenous O2 difference; principle named after him
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Starling
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discovered secretin and coined the term 'hormone'
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Caldani and Galvani
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induced frog leg to contract
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Lippman
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dev. capillary electrometer - measures very small biocurrents
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Gaskell
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demonstrated nodes, pathway, and timing of conduction system in heart; proved myogenic theory - impulse starts in muscle cells and not nerves
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Waller
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first to record ECG of a human heart and to measure from surface of body
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Einthoven
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invented string galvanometer which produced ECG recordings of superior quality; his law shows relationship of voltages in the three limb leads
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Herrick
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advanced diagnosis in cardiology by describing numerous heart conditions (CAD,MI) and resulting ECG changes
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Wenckebach
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studies rhythm changes (fibrillation, flutter, tachycardia, intermittent heart block) and their effects on ECG; discovered first anti-arrhythmatic drug - quinidine
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Wiggers
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revived 1000 animal hearts from ventricular fibrillation - a series of shocks works better than a single shock
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Beck
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regimen for cardiac arrest in operating room
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Safar
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dev. concept of mouth-to-mouth breathing for CPR
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Bigelow
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dev. 1st implantable pacemaker to use in cardiac surgery
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Hales
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begun measurement of BP
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Riva-Rocci
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invented sphygmomanometer
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Korotkoff
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introduced auscultatory method used today
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Surgical
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means of lowering BP prior to 1950
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Hexamethonium and Sulfanilamide
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HTN drugs
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Mercurial diuretics
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treatment for congestive heart failure
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A root
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first effective drug for severe HTN came from this
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Ahlquist
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postulated existence of alpha and beta receptors for adrenergic drugs
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Lower
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demonstrated intercoronary anastomoses in 1669
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Wood
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described ischemic depression of ST segment during exercise test
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Bernard
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named cardiac catherterization; measured temperatures and pressures of blood in heart
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Cournand
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learned the technique or right heart catheterization, developed the method as a diagnostic procedure in heart disease
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Judkins
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developed cardiac catherization throught the femoral artery - used today
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Sones
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experimented with cine antiography in the dev. of coronary angiograms by direct cannulation of the coronary surface
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