Clinical Case 071: Chest pain puzzle
OK a quick case for you – a diagnostic case for you to ponder. No critical care this week! 36 yo man presents to the...
SMACC 2013: A Call to Arms
SMACC 2013: Social Media and Critical Care – possibly the best thing since Gram stains were invented. In Sydney, March 11 – 13 2013 there...
Clinical Case 070: Postpartum headache
This next case is complimented by a great review article, which was sent to me when I phoned for some advice. Klein AM, Loder E...
Clinical Case 069: Can’t Intubate, can ventilate …. for now
I always thought that Beaker would be the toughest Muppet to intubate. Sure he’s skinny, but a non-existent thyro-mental gap and that big nose will...
Difficult intubation deliberation
Last week I posted on a tricky airway requiring AFOI (awake fibre-optic intubation) – see Awake Intubation Procrastination. I got a bit of correspondence from...