Clinical Case 057: big PE, now what?
This is a pulmonary embolism case – but I promise – not another diagnostic case. That territory has been well covered by all the big...
Clinical Case 053: thoracic tortuosity
OK. This is just plain out there. We see some unusual stuff in the remote areas – things you only read about in the books!...
Clinical Case 051: Cardiac conundrum
This week’s case is “chest pain” in a relatively young man. I am going to make it tricky by giving you info bit by bit...
Medical Myths: Fever = blood cultures now!
When I was an intern in a big old hospital one of the tasks we did was taking blood cultures off of patients who spiked...
Clinical Case 049: the Unseen ECG
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...