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A quick disclaimer – I know that PK talks are supposed to go for 6 minutes and 40 seconds – but I am a lazy man. So this one is a bit longer. Still 10 minutes is respectable for such a fascinating topic. I love Paediatrics – acute, ED / GP Paeds! Why? Because I [...]
I have a confession. For as long as I can remember I have been prescribing a dose of dexamethasone or two for people with acute tonsillo-pharyngitis. Now, I always thought this was a little bit naughty, not really “the done thing” for a doc who tries to be evidence-based. But over the years I have [...]
I was sitting at the desk writing up some notes when the triage nurse stuck the following ECG strip under my nose. The story was that this chap was a hypertensive, obese, diabetic vasculopath with impaired renal function who had presented with a fever of 39 deg and nasty looking diabetic feet (see Clinical case [...]
Got a comment from my colleague – Dr Y Levy that got me thinking about fever, the big picture and all those little kids getting dosed up by well-meaning parents. So I have revisited the Panadol debate Here is what Hoods had to say in his comment: “Way back in 1927 Julius Wagner-Jauregg won a [...]
This post was inspired by Colin Parker (the original C. Parker) and the team at EMPEM.org who did a discussion on the recent paper released by the ISAAC group (International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood). This collaborative of researchers (based in NZ, but internationally reaching – kinda like Dr C. Nickson) has been [...]
