Category: General Practice

Iodine vs. Chlorhexidine skin prep

OK it isn’t the biggest or sexiest decision you might make on any day of the working week – but one where there is in...

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...

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...