I’m fairly sceptical on a lot of things that we do in medicine. Perhaps one of the most important things I’ve learned (partly through my Dad’s illness and death) is the importance of symptom control, and more particularly analgesia. We … Read More »
[I also thought giving it the title “guns don’t kill people, people with a poor understanding of Bayes theorem do…”] One of THE most useful thing you can learn when it comes to reading a paper is to understand the … Read More »
This should surely be kind of a big deal. Given that it seems to be evidence of something cheap, easy to give that seems to make (albeit) a difference in mortality outcomes without any signs of problems. I had vague … Read More »
[If you want to hear the best thing I’ve heard on this yet then listen to the SMART EM podcast] Perhaps I overstate things in the title, but I’m getting a little bit jaded with all things VTE these days. … Read More »
I was back up north doing a locum shift in my old stomping ground last week and had an opportunity to try out a new technique for shoulder reduction. Shoulders are a lot of fun. They tend to be young … Read More »