Lytics in stroke
11 Jul
[This was somewhat up to date in 2011 when it was first written but it is decidedly out of date at this point. The train has not only left the station for tPA but has indeed morphed into some kind … Read More »
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Evidence for thrombolytics in stroke – Part 1
15 Jun
I’ve presented on this a couple of times but this is gonna require a few parts, so be patient with me. This is not quite a deep-dive in the SMART EM sense, more of a shallow dive you might do … Read More »
Medicine as virtue formation
8 Jun
Did you see this? Atul Gawande’s speech at commencement at Harvard Medical school a few weeks back. If you want something to go well with it then read this by David Brooks in the NY Times. If you want something … Read More »
Ultrasound for foreign body removal
25 May
My experience with US is mainly self-taught when I spent long ICU shifts performing echos on every patient in the unit. I’ve done my level 1 course but the accreditation process ain’t that easy in Ireland, and particularly where I … Read More »
An appeal to do one thing well
21 May
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 »