Gday So it has been a month since my last post, which I think is a Broomedocs record! I decided to take a litle time to pause and reflect, do a bit of reading and work on a few of my other projects. Don’t worry – all the clinical stuff will return soon. Justin and […]
Clinical Case 133: POCUS Perils [and the Debiasing Dance]
Posted on August 23, 2016 · 2 Comments
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I am a mad point-of-care ultrasound [POCUS] fan. I scan pretty much every patient that I can. I do this to sharpen my diagnostic skills, practice and to explore new utilities of the humble ultrasound. However, as my POCUS practice has matured and I have made countless errors; I am learning very slowly to do […]
Pneumonia Ultrasound Diagnostic Strategy
Posted on March 30, 2016 · 3 Comments
In June I will be travelling to the Emerald Isle to attend and learn at the SMACC Conference in Dublin. One of my jobs whilst I am there is to help out on the SMACC Mini workshop – I will be talking about using lung US to diagnose paediatric pneumonia. Clearly, I am a self-confessed […]
Clinical Case 103: Midnight MacGyver Medicine
Posted on June 9, 2014 · 13 Comments
This is an exercise in medical minimalism. I am going to throw you a case and a set of resources – you need to say how you would manage it. I am going to release my strategy in a few days. So here we go – here is the case… Firstly, a little bit of […]
Optic nerve sheath diameter: window to the soul?
Posted on May 25, 2014 · 16 Comments
Almost exactly 3 years ago I posted an article looking at the utility of ultrasonographic Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter measurement to assess patients for raised intracranial pressure. That post is here The idea is sound, the optic nerve sheath is an extension of the subarachnoid space – so if ICP goes up it should expand […]
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