Fits, faints, funny turns and fakers. Prolactin to the rescue….NOT
My colleague (Dr Dave) asked me today about the use of a serum prolactin level to diagnose a seizure in a patient presenting with “syncope...
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...
Pulmonary Emboli – PERCs, Probability and Paradoxes
OK, if you are into Medical Blogs then you have to go and check out the giant clashes and fascinating discussion taking place over at...
Clinical Case 013: Big in Japan
Ok, here is the case this week. Sorry – another tragic one, these seem to be the ones that stick in my mind. 32 yo...
Clinical Case 009: Thor-racic Trauma
This is one of the freakiest cases I have ever seen, and it all happened exactly as below I swear. Apologies for the apalling pun...