Surrogate outcomes
Surrogate outcomes are biomarkers intended to substitute for a clinical endpoint and expected to predict clinical benefit or harm based on epidemiologic, therapeutic, pathophysiologic, or other scientific evidence
Staghorn follows his nose
UCEM's Prof Staghorn investigates the unexplained disappearances of members of the Society for the Prevention of Surgery and follows his nose to the operating theatre toilets. eels that he needs a stick as big as Prof Stickler's carrot.
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q12
Question 12. A 68 year old man had both legs trapped under a heavy concrete slab for 4 hours. He has just been admitted to the ICU, 8 hours post injury, following adequate resuscitation and definitive operative wound debridement. His…
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 115
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 115 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Irukandji Syndrome Territory-style
You are working as a locum doctor in the Northern Territory. Your patient is a 32 year-old Indonesian man who says he was stung while hauling in a net on an offshore fishing vessel.
Chironex fleckeri envenoming
Case-based question-and-answers on a near fatal box jellyfish sting. Can you save the day?
It was the little octopus!
A 21 year-old sailor placed a small blue and yellow octopus on his shoulder while wading back to shore after spear-fishing with a friend. As he reached the beach he threw the little octopus into the sea
Stingray envenoming
While riding in a boat off the North Queensland coast a 12 year-old boy was struck by a large fish that had catapulted itself out of the water.
Lionfish envenoming
Clinical case of a man being stung on the distal palmar surface of his right index finger by his lionfish (Pterois volitans) while cleaning his aquarium.
Theophylline overdose
Toxicological evaluation and treatment of a patient with theophylline toxicity
Little Johnny and Grandad’s warfarin
Little Johnny is an inquisitive 15kg 3 year-old boy. His grandad was looking after him for the evening. About an hour ago, the phone rang just as grandad was about to take his evening warfarin tablets. Although he only turned his back for a second, there was enough time for little Johnny to start ploughing into the tablets...
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) = chronic bronchitis +/- emphysema; aka CORD (respiratory) or COAD (airways); environmental factors: tobacco smoke and air pollution