EMA February 2013
Review of the key articles from Issue 1 (Vol. 25) of Emergency Medicine Australasia published online on 6 February 2013
CICM SAQ 2012.1 Q3
Questions a) List the patient-related risk factors associated with the development of Clostridium difficile enterocolitisb) List two tests that can be used for diagnosis of Clostridium difficile enterocolitis.c) List four markers of severity of disease in Clostridium difficile enterocolitisd) What…
CICM SAQ 2014.1 Q14
With regards to Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection in critically ill patients:
CICM SAQ 2011.2 Q26
Questions 26.1. List 4 clinical signs which may be noticeable on examination of the head in a patient with cerebellar disease 26.2. A patient presented with sudden onset of weakness involving his left upper and lower limb. On examination, he…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 165
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 165 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Cardiac Megacode
As leader of the MET team you were called to a 'Cardiac megacode' as a 57 year-old man has arrested on the ward post-operatively...
To BPT, or not to BPT, that is the junior doctor’s question…
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Sudden onset blue leg
A woman in the ICU has a problem. Her leg has turned blue. Can you handle this Phlegmasia case-based cardiovascular curveball?
Mirror Image Artefacts
Mirror image artefact occur when ultrasound beam is not reflected directly back to the transducer after hitting a reflective surface
Comet tail artefact
Comet tail artefact is a short path reverberation artefact that weakens with each reverberation, resulting in a vertical echogenic artefact that rapidly fades as it continues in to the ultrasound image.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 164
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 164 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Anticoagulated Patients in the ED
It’s time for a look at the latest review from EBMedicine. This post focuses on the following article: Hanlon D (2010). An Evidence-Based Approach to Managing the Anticoagulated Patient in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine Practice, 13(1). This is a…