Steroids for Kawasaki disease
15 May
Apparently this is a very uncommon disease – only 40 cases a year in the UK. I think I’ve seen it once when I was doing my stint in paeds. I remember the kid getting IVIg and aspirin and I’m … Read More »
Author Archives: Andy Neill
iPad for radiology reads. WARNING – NO FREE IPAD/VIRUS WITH THIS LINK….!
12 May
[I can imagine hits on this post being higher than usual simply because of use of the word iPad…] For all I know this may well be something that’s already being done somewhere in the country but it’s a neat … Read More »
Cric Paper published
9 May
I am in the midst of correcting anatomy papers so there’s not much activity on here. There is however time to point out that me and my bestie Phil, managed to get our cricothyroidotomy paper published. It’s available here through … Read More »
The evolution of an EM blog
3 May
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/41472605 w=400&h=326] This comes from AEM’s Vimeo RSS feed and it’s a nifty little presentation of how Dr Smith’s ECG blog got started and has become one of the most significant Web 2.0 tools for EM.
Raised ICP and Intracranial shunts – some notes
30 Apr
From the wonderful Roberts & Hedges Raised ICP normally ICP can rise to 80-100mmHg just when coughing/straining being intracranial hypertension has a huge list of associated conditions so just cause you’ve got headache, normal CT and a raised pressure on … Read More »