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...
Medical mythology: Antibiotics for C-section – when?
This clinical question comes from Dr Tim (KI Docs). He got talking to some specialist O&G and Anaesthesia docs about the timing of prophylactic ABs...
Managing Traumatic bleeding: how can we apply the evidence in smaller hospitals?
OK after Clinical Case 031 I was inspired to go out and slog through the literature and try to discover what is “best practice” for traumatic...
Bronchiolitis: whatever works! The evidence 2011
The winter in Australia is at an end, which means we hope we have seen the last of those wheezy, crackly, sick looking babies for...
Clinical Case 026: Hangover Haemetemesis
10:00 AM, 33 yo man with a history of frequent binge-drinking presents to ED by ambulance after his flat mate found him spewing up blood...