Category: Internal Medicine

Blind drunk – unilateral

Do you have a Breakfast Club in your ED.  In our ED it is commonplace to see 2 – 3 drunk, head-injured patients sleeping it...

Clinical Case 013: Big in Japan

Ok, here is the case this week.  Sorry – another tragic one, these seem to be the ones that stick in my mind. 32 yo...

Clinical Case 010: Heartattack and Vine

Thanks to Susanna, Med. Student, for this case and clinical question. “57 year old male presents, cold and sweaty, with central crushing chest pain radiating...

Clinical Case 007: DKA update

This 35 yo man had a 20 year history of well controlled type 1 DM, on tds Novorapid + nocte Lantus.  Never had an episode...