Blood ‘n Guts: hold the blood, save the patient?
One of the trends of recent trauma literature has been the use of “minimal volume” or “permissive hypotension” strategies in the face of bleeding. Now...
Iodine vs. Chlorhexidine skin prep
OK it isn’t the biggest or sexiest decision you might make on any day of the working week – but one where there is in...
A dose of Dex?
I have a confession. For as long as I can remember I have been prescribing a dose of dexamethasone or two for people with acute...
Hypercalcemia in a nutshell
Have seen a few patients with hypercalcemia recently and it has gotten me thinking. It is one of those areas of medicine where the...
Mammography and pink cricket bats
A new review of the breast cancer screening ( mammography ) literature came out in the Lancet this week. This is essentially an expert panel reviewing...