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)...
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...
Sepsis: Can we pick who’s sick?
I have been going on about sepsis for a while now around the hallways. So – what is all this talk about? I think we need to...
Pancreatitis: to feed or not to feed?
Broome Hospital – world leaders in rates of pancreatitis. We see soooo much pancreatitis that it is just hardly worth doing serum markers, they are...
2011 Guidelines : what’s new in Acute Coronary Syndromes
This is a summary of the new ACS guidelines – hot off the press. Heart, Lung and Circulation has produced the 2011 Addendum to the...