Clinical Case 024: Livin’ the ketamine dream
If you are new to Broome Docs, then you might have missed my mild obsession with Acute Psychiatric Sedation. (GO back and read the posts...
Undiagnose, Unprescribe, Unharm… part II
This rant is inspired by something I witnessed yesterday when I went into my local pharmacy to pick up my mother-in-law’s meds. I rarely ener...
Clinical case 023: Alarm Bell’s at 38 weeks
19 yo. woman G1P0 now 38/40 gestation, has been well throughout pregnancy aside from mild anaemia. She presents to ED with “red eye”, and has...
Undiagnose, Unprescribe, Unharm – part I
This is hopefully the first post in a series of posts looking at the concept of “undiagnosing” patients. This might sound a bit daft, but...
Fits, faints, funny turns and fakers. Prolactin to the rescue….NOT
My colleague (Dr Dave) asked me today about the use of a serum prolactin level to diagnose a seizure in a patient presenting with “syncope...