Young and Yellow
Fulminant hepatic failure is defined as the appearance of hepatic encephalopathy in a patient with acute deterioration of liver function with no previous history of liver disease.
Pregnant and Acidotic
A pregnant patient has pneumonia. There are also concerns that she has a metabolic acidosis. Can you solve this metabolic muddle?
CATMUDPILES
76 year old male living alone. Found obtunded at home by neighbours. Breathing rapidly and muttering incoherently. No other history available. CATMUDPILES?
Texmed 2014
Slides from my presentation on Marine Injuries at the annual meeting of the Texas Medical Association. EBM Gone Wild Lectures Spider Bites that aren’t MRSA Fish Poisoning Centipedes, caterpillars and other creepy crawlies Toxmed 2014 Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) TCEP
Gizmo Idolatry
Gizmo idolatry refers to the general implicit conviction that a more technological approach is intrinsically better than one that is less technological unless, or perhaps even if, there is strong evidence to the contrary.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 074
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 074 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 076
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 076 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Ultrasound Case 028
A 55 year old diabetic woman presents with painless loss of monocular vision. You wonder whether ultrasound will show a retinal detachment.
Centipedes, caterpillars and creepy crawlies
Further Reading Hensley J. More dangers of centipedes? EBM Gone Wild EBM Gone Wild Lectures Spider Bites that aren’t MRSA Fish Poisoning Centipedes, caterpillars and other creepy crawlies Toxmed 2014 Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) TCEP
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 073
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 073 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Ultrasound Case 027
A 68 year old male presents with frank haematuria and urinary retention. A 3 way indwelling urinary catheter (IDC) is inserted to enable a bladder washout. After initially draining some Shiraz coloured urine flow has slowed. You ultrasound the bladder to see what is going on.
Fish Poisoning
He can’t fly this plane, he had the fish for dinner! Slides from my talk at the 3rd Annual Houston Venom Conference EBM Gone Wild Lectures Spider Bites that aren’t MRSA Fish Poisoning Centipedes, caterpillars and other creepy crawlies Toxmed…