A dose of Dex?
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...
Antipsychotics, ECGs, QTcs and Catastrophes
In 2001 the FDA in the USA put a “black box” warning on droperidol after a series of case reports linking it with torsades de...
Suicide: Three Cases and a reference point
This month I am planning a series on suicide. Suicide remains an enigmatic problem for doctors, medicine and society. For a long time I have been...
Clinical Case 076: post, post-ictal?
This case asks a question to which I do not know the answer. I am not sure there is an answer – so I am...
Hypercalcemia in a nutshell
Have seen a few patients with hypercalcemia recently and it has gotten me thinking. It is one of those areas of medicine where the...