Infectious Diseases
Fever in the ED
Fever In The Emergency Department We like to see things as binary in the ED, troponins, d-dimers, CTPA...
Flexor Tendon Sheath Infections of The Hand
Infection of the flexor tendon sheaths of the hand, represents a potential surgical emergency, due to these being...
Pigbel, Clostridial Enteritis Necrotans, Much Nastier than C diff Diarrhoea
Case: On 1st May 2014 a 6 year old male was brought to a remote clinic in the...
The Many Faces of Tuberculosis
As many of you who regularly read this blog will know, I have a bit of...
A New Fever Coming to an ED Near You
Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding On 26th April 2013 2 cases of Chikungunya Fever were reported in The Cairns...
TB in the ED
Case Presentation: During a recent shift as a VMO in an Eastern State Regional ED I was faced...
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
It is sometimes called Erythema Multiforme Major and is a severe skin involvement with bullous skin lesions, more...