Should Normal saline be the norm?
Here is my observation of clinical practice in most places I have worked in Australia. The doctors use normal (0.9%) saline as a default fluid...
Clinical Case 058: Syncope, again and again
30 year old man presented to the ED in an ambulance with his 3rd episode of syncope in the last few months. The story this...
A Tale of Two Atria: AF management update.
One of my jobs at the Uni is to corral medical students into producing “grand rounds” presentations. Usually I try and pick a topic that...
Clinical Case 055: Tolchock to the gulliver… part 2 – the evidence
OK on with the case – our man has been intubated and is stable enough for a venture to radiology…. He passes through CT unharmed...
Clinical Case 055: Tolchock to the gulliver
The title for this post comes from Anthony Burgess’ classic dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange. In the lingo of the novel’s antihero a “tolchock to the...