Category: Useful Evidence

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...