the case.
a 28 year old male presents to your Emergency Department with a 2-3 week history of increasing neck swelling. He is now spitting out frank purulent discharge from his mouth and reports fevers and night sweats.
another bubble of trouble…
the case.
43 year old female is brought into your resuscitation bay by the paramedics. She has a 2 day history of vomiting and diarrhoea on the background of type 2 diabetes and alcohol abuse. Her son is concerned that she has become increasingly confused despite drinking her usual amount of alcohol.
an insidious intruder…
the case.
28 year old male presents to your tertiary emergency department with chest pain, exertional dyspnoea and left calf pain. [Read more…]
Mind the gap #2…
the case.
a 43 year old male presents to your ED with a three day history of severe epigastric pain and recurrent vomiting. He has now become increasingly breathless and is complaining of severe retrosternal chest pain.
Mind the gap…
the case.
a 29-year old female with a past history of anorexia nervosa, polycystic ovarian syndrome, chronic back pain and analgesic abuse presents to the Emergency Department. She describes 3 days of bilateral ankle and facial swelling. She tells you that she has been taking ‘lots of painkillers’ for her back pain. [Read more…]
biochemical bugaboo…
the case.
a 62 year old female presents to ED with breathlessness & chest pain. [Read more…]