CT Case 039
A 90-year-old women presents two months post laparoscopic hemicolectomy for transverse colon cancer. She describes two weeks of abdominal pain and fevers.
CT Case 038
A 60-year-old man presents with chronic cough, worse in the last 2 weeks with new hoarse voice and new left upper limb swelling. He also has mild pleuritic left sided chest pain.
CT Case 037
A 36-year-old male is involved in a motorbike accident while travelling at 60km/hr. He is intubated on scene by the retrieval team for decreased GCS.
Suture: Laceration Repair App
Ever needed a helping hand with suturing? Suture: Laceration Repair App is a fantastic, simple and effective app created by emergency physician Tom Fadial with videos from Brian Lin of closing the gap.
Comms Lab: Ace your Interview
Comms Lab 45: How to Ace your Interview. My experience on both sides of the interview desk to bring you my top five tips for acing your next job interview
CT Case 036
A 92-year-female presents with RUQ pain, back pain, fevers and vomiting. Symptoms had been ongoing for the last 24 hours.
Sternoclavicular Joint Dislocation
Evaluation, diagnosis and management options for unilateral and bilateral Sternoclavicular Joint Dislocation (SCJD)
CT Case 035
A 16-year-old male presents to ED following a fall during rugby game. He landed heavily on his left shoulder, experiencing sudden severe pain and a popping sensation at his medial clavicle
Robert Sweet
Robert Douglas Sweet (1917-2001) was an English dermatologist. Sweet’s Syndrome: Acute Febrile Neutrophilic Dermatosis.
VT versus SVT: It’s as easy as ABCDE
The long list of VT "suggestive" ECG features is difficult to recall and apply in real time. Simple ABCDE approach to this common dilemma
CT Case 034
A 70-year-old man presents with sudden onset of severe epigastric pain, radiating to his back. As part of his work-up he has a CT aortogram
Golden S sign
Golden S sign. Radiological sign which should raise suspicion of bronchial carcinoma. Rss Golden first described a characteristic reverse S-shaped shadow in the right upper lobe in 1925