Electrolytes and the Heart
I was talking to a group of my junior registrars the other day about cardiac…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Magnesium Sulfate: Neuroprotective in Stroke? Study says no.
We have had a longstanding and controversial discussion about thrombolysis and definitive management of stroke,…
Supraventricular Tachycardia(SVT) in Infants
A mother brings her 7 month old son to the Emergency Department, as he has…
Dr Peter Kas11/01/2023
The HEART Score for sorting Low Risk Chest Pain Patients
The patient with chest pain is the most common presentation to Emergency Departments. And certainly…
Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
Thromboembolism in the Post-Partum Period
Patients presenting to the Emergency Department with signs or symptoms which might be indicative of…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Chest Pain: How Sure Are We at Predicting?
Here’s a scary problem …. If I was a paramedic, not an emergency physician with…
Dr Peter Kas08/04/2022
The New Fellowship Course
The 6 Month Fellowship Exam Course If you’re sitting your Emergency Fellowship exams, or know…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
MCQ EMQ SAQ
Let's face it, everyone's nervous about the new exam. What's different, what isn't? Everything is…
Dr Peter Kas02/02/2023
Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Syncope
HOT OFF THE PRESS Prandoni P et al. Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism among Patients Hospitalised…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Priapism: How To Treat It.
CASE A 46 year old man presented to our ED mid morning complaining of a…
Dr Peter Kas13/01/2023
Retropharyngeal Abscess
In occurs in 6months to 4 years of age. Patients present with: fever, drooling, dysphagia,…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Pigbel, Clostridial Enteritis Necrotans, Much Nastier than C diff Diarrhoea
Case: On 1st May 2014 a 6 year old male was brought to a remote…
Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
Trans-venous pacing of bradycardia.
This case study involves an elderly gentleman who needed trans-venous pacing. Here is a simple…
Dr Peter Kas02/07/2023
A Case of Valproic Acid Overdose
The Case We saw quite an interesting toxicology case in the emergency department the other…
Dr Peter Kas10/01/2023
My Rules for Getting the Airway
There are all these fancy terms out there in respect to airway. There's apnoeic oxygenation,…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
How Big is that Pneumothorax?
Can you easily calculate the size of a pneumothorax? Does the size matter? Calculating the…
Dr Peter Kas05/06/2020
