Demand excellence in your medicine and you
A slightly different blog today. A little while ago I gave a lecture on creating…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Atrial fibrillation revealed
Well, some of you are saying, this is the secret of life. When you’ve been practicing…
Why is there a bag of balls in this man’s left lung?
Came across this interesting X-ray the other day. These are PLOMBAGE balls. From the latin…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Neck lump in a child
A 2 year old girl is brought into the Emergency Department by her parents. She…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
The suprapubic just won’t go in!
Here’s the typical case: “Doctor, I’ve had a suprapubic in for some time and have…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Fluid resuscitation in children with severe febrile illness and hypoperfusion
This is a great new study to read. The New England Journal of Medicine Study…
Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
Headache – how not to miss the bad ones
Headache. Still one of those areas that causes concern. Not because we make a mess…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
The crying infant
“More is missed by not looking than by not knowing” William Osler One of the biggest…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
ALTE – apparent life threatening events
Case Scenario:A family bring their 8 month old to the Emergency Department. The child has had…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Hip Relocation
I remember the days when we had to reduce hips in the emergency department and…
Dr Peter Kas13/01/2023
CHADS and HASBLED scores
We are full of ‘scoring systems’ and ways of calculating risk. Here are two important ones.…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
I’ve got rhythm
Atrial Fibrillation is one of the most common ED presentations. Currently it affects about 1%…
Dr Peter Kas23/01/2023
Troponins and renal failure
One of the common occurrences is that we have raised troponins in patients with renal impairment.…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Dizziness and vertigo
A 67 year old patient comes to the emergency department with a complaint of dizziness. He…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism(PE) is not that common. It appears with a frequency of less than one…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
Aortic dissection
A 70 plus year old non-English speaking gentleman presented to the emergency department with chest…
Dr Peter Kas01/02/2023
