A young woman sat quietly in her hospital bed. Beside her the morning sunlight bathed her newborn son, asleep through the chatter of the cicadas outside. The doctor smiled. The baby was perfectly formed. “What is your baby’s name?”, asked…
As a FOAM-embracing Clinician Educator it is heartening to see the rise of high quality FOAM resources designed to help educators, not just those they educate. Of course, we are all students really, but I think this is further evidence…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 166 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
You have been asked to review a three year old child who was trapped in a house fire and is now in the Paediatric Emergency Department. There is no history available from the child’s carer
With respect to pregnancy. Indicate how the following variables change in the third trimester (either increase or decrease or no change).
A 33 year old female presented with high fever and abdominal pain. She has Gram negative bacteraemia and septic shock.
Review of the key articles from Issue 1 (Vol. 25) of Emergency Medicine Australasia published online on 6 February 2013
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…
With regards to Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection in critically ill patients:
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 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
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...