Clinical Case 031: Big transfusion, Little Hospital = big trouble
I have been working on a post dealing with massive transfusion – Broome style – for a while now. So last week we landed in...
Bronchiolitis: whatever works! The evidence 2011
The winter in Australia is at an end, which means we hope we have seen the last of those wheezy, crackly, sick looking babies for...
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 026: Hangover Haemetemesis
10:00 AM, 33 yo man with a history of frequent binge-drinking presents to ED by ambulance after his flat mate found him spewing up blood...
Life in Broome is sweet, a bit too sweet.
Broome is one of the centres of Aboriginal Health care in Australia. One of the biggest disease burdens in the Aboriginal population is type 2...