Medical Myths: Fever = blood cultures now!
When I was an intern in a big old hospital one of the tasks we did was taking blood cultures off of patients who spiked...
Clinical Case 047: Not so sweet feet
This week a classic Australian remote area case. There is so much to discuss on this case! But I have isolated a few key points...
Clinical Case 037: finding fevers’ focus
Another case for Sepsis week. 67 yo. male traveller. Recently been on vacation in Scotland, then spent a week in Singapore, flew into Perth (WA)...
Clinical Case 036: Silent, sitting sepsis
This case is part of my “Sepsis week” at Broome Docs. Lets say this case happpens in January, just after the first big rain for...
Sepsis Ib: Maybe Lactate is more like a Surg review for RIF pain…
Those of you who read Sepsis I may have been amused by my attempt to compare lactate to a Pap smear – OK, it is...