Clinical Case 037: finding fevers’ focus
Another case for Sepsis week. 67 yo. male traveller. Recently been on vacation in Scotland, then spent a week in Singapore, flew into Perth (WA)...
Clinical Case 19: If it barks like a seal, is it a seal?
Winter in any paediatric ED means – flu season, bronchs, croups, URTI etc etc. It can be tough to pick the true sick kid out...
Clinical Case 018: Life and limb (not life OR limb)
Had a tough case this week – 30 odd yo. man came off his motorcycle and suffered a random puncture to the upper thigh, just...
Kid’s coconuts and CTs
Blunt head injury in kids is one of the commonest presentations that we see in ED. In my experience, the rate of serious brain injury...
Sepsis I: why lactate is like a Pap smear.
This is the start of a series of posts on sepsis, I hope to cover the following topics in the coming weeks: I : Sepsis:...