Ultrasound for Epidurals… I ask an expert: Dr Mitch
I have had a few readers ask questions about the use of ultrasound for the difficult epidural – usually in the labour ward context, but...
Clinical Case 048: We Ask an Epidural Expert
This case is an opportunity for us to learn from an expert. Epidural analgesia in labour can be rewarding and infuriating. So I have enlisted...
Consultation Skills: Intro
Consultation Skills – not the most exciting topic in medicine, but these are essential skills we use every day. I think most doctors learned the...
Clinical case 039: Ectopic ectopic – a Gedankenexperiment
This case starts with a bad gas. This patient arrived ‘in extremis’. Suspected ectopic transferred in by plane with the following data: Urinary HCG positive...
Shock: Back to basics, beyond the BP
Apologies to the smart ones reading this – but I have been trying to explain this concept to my students for a while – so...