Stimulated by a post over at Echo Praxis and a corrective tweet from Karim Brohi This is a blunt traumatic aortic injury leading to pseudoaneurysm. It's NOT a dissection. https://t.co/FbMZ3tYkMI — Karim Brohi (@karimbrohi) December 18, 2015 I think I … Read More »
Before you all die of boredom it turns out that sodium is really important. it’s something we also seem to get very confused by. The wonderful Josh Farkas had a post on low Na (mainly about using Bicarb as treatment) with … Read More »
This is a nifty little diagnosis and something that you’ll see with some regularity. In the context of sudden unexplained cardiac arrest with ROSC but no neurological response we often get a CT of the head looking for some intracranial … Read More »
There’s been a recent rash of ‘non inferiority’ trials in the medical literature. The new oral anticoagulants are a great example. It’s hard to blame investigators. Proving that Drug B is better than Dug A is a very difficult thing … Read More »
A chap with a 6 month old ileal conduit for urinary diversion rocks up to your ED feeling more than a little unwell. A VBG done at triage is like this: What’s the deal? The reference Tanrikut C, McDougal WS. … Read More »