Clinical case 041: Classic croup – or is it?
I caught this audio last week at about 4 AM when the ambos rushed this 3 1/2 year old boy in with his mother to...
A Pus Opus
Broome is possibly one of the pus capitals of the world. We have pus in all shades, colours and odours. High rates of Staph. and...
Prostate Screening: where are we now?
Not many topics in GP get more arguments going than prostate cancer screening – there are well-ignored guidelines, superstitions and lies, damn lies and statistics...
SUSS IT: Secondary UltraSonographic Survey In Trauma
Definition – To suss: to look into something deeper, and acquire more information; or to solve a problem or puzzle using ingenuity. This is a...
Ectopic pregnancy – HCG hiccups, some older evidence
When I went to med school we were taught that the B-HCG level doubles every 48 hrs in early pregnancy – and if it wasn’t...