First10EM Journal Club: June 2020
Welcome to another episode of the journal jam with Justin. This month we cover a range of topics and jeopardise our “kid friendly” iTunes rating....
First10EM Journal Club: August 2019
Hello! We are back. After nearly 2 months of hiking, cruising, paddling and driving all over North America I have just returned to sunny Broome...
PODCAST: Vancomycin by Continuous Infusion
A few weeks ago I posted on Vancomycin and the Nephrocidal Maniacs – in that post I described the problems that we have in the...
I: Vancomycin & the Nephrocidal Maniacs
Vancomycin was first isolated in 1953 by Edmund Kornfeld from a soil sample collected from the jungles of Borneo by a missionary. It is produced...
Old Doc, New Drug: Ticagrelor
We all love to interfere with the clotting cascade in modern medicine, and this is a new way to do so! Yet another unpronounceable new drug. ...