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...
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...
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...
Clinical Case 070: Postpartum headache
This next case is complimented by a great review article, which was sent to me when I phoned for some advice. Klein AM, Loder E...
On Evidence, Education, Errors, Ego and Expert intuition
This is not the usual Broome Docs post. So just a quick foreword to warn you! This is an essay on the way we practice...