Clinical case 039: Ectopic ectopic – a Gedankenexperiment
This case starts with a bad gas. This patient arrived ‘in extremis’. Suspected ectopic transferred in by plane with the following data: Urinary HCG positive...
Clinical case 038: a AAA eh?
Todays case – 69 yo woman presents to ED with 3 hour history of sharp, severe left abdominal pain. Pain is colicky, radiating down into...
Clinical Case 037: finding fevers’ focus
Another case for Sepsis week. 67 yo. male traveller. Recently been on vacation in Scotland, then spent a week in Singapore, flew into Perth (WA)...
Clinical Case 036: Silent, sitting sepsis
This case is part of my “Sepsis week” at Broome Docs. Lets say this case happpens in January, just after the first big rain for...
Sepsis: the first “Golden” hour
Last post we looked at trying to sort the sick patients from the rest in ED – the goal is to identify them early. Great...