Clinical Case 044: Neuro Curio
A 40 yo. woman presents for review to her GP a week after having a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She had been suffering with epigastric pain and...
Paracentesis: are you stabbing in the dark?
Had a few problematic ascitic taps recently in our place – so I thought I would have a look at the evidence around paracentesis, what is...
Paracetamol: mostly harmless?
This post was inspired by Colin Parker (the original C. Parker) and the team at EMPEM.org who did a discussion on the recent paper released...
Ultrasound for pneumonia – sounds crazy?
You may have noticed my recent obsession with all things respiratory. Seeing and personally experiencing a lot of LRTIs recently. A few weeks back Cliff...
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)...