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...
Clinical case 029: Chest pain ECHOs
I have recently upgraded my US skills to start looking at hearts and wondering what is going on. If you are keen to learn I...
Acute severe asthma: the evidence 2011
All of these recent posts and commentary on severe COPD has lead to a few discussions about the management of the Acute Severe Asthmatic around...
Clinical Case 028: Pink puffer with extra puff
This case come from Dr Adrian Goudie, Fremantle Hospital (where I haunted the wards as an intern). Adrian is an Emergency Physician who is part...