Archive for November 2012
Head injury and blood thinners-When to Scan
Head injury in the anticoagulated patient can be a challenge. Below is the approach I use. I then read a 2012 paper from the Annals of Emergency Medicine, which gives us the evidence on what our approach might be. Here’s the scenario. A 56 yo male is brought to the emergency department following a mechanical…
Read MoreMyocarditis – A case Study
This week my good friend Dr Will Davies, Emergency Physician extraordinaire, adventurer and all round good guy and I talk about a case of eosinophilic myocarditis. Watch the video
Read MoreThe Elbow Extension Test: avoiding the X-ray
WHICH TRAUMATIC ELBOW INJURIES SHOULD WE BE REFERRING FOR XRAY? I spend a considerable amount of my time working in remote environments where diagnostic resources are limited. This has led me to look for clinical decision aids to assist in the diagnoses of injury or illness without sending my patients for (often very distant) diagnostic…
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