PE or NOT PE? That is the Question
Prasad. V., Rho J., Cifu A., A Metaphor for Medicine in the Evidence Based Medicine…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Modified Sgarbossa Rule for diagnosing MI in Left Bundle Branch Block
Identifying a ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) in an ECG with a Left Bundle Branch…
Myocarditis – A case Study
This week my good friend Dr Will Davies, Emergency Physician extraordinaire, adventurer and all round…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Are we doing harm by giving morphine in chest pain?
Have you ever given morphine to a patient with chest pain? Have you given it…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Early Repolarization, not benign in the inferior leads!
Early repolarization in the right precordial leads(V1-3) occurs in up to 5% of the population…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
Clinical Pearl- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
A 24 year old male presents following a syncopal episode. On cardiovascular examination you believe…
Dr Peter Kas13/11/2024
The Slam Dunk ECG!
Hi all. This is a case from a few days ago. I loved it, as…
Dr Peter Kas26/01/2023
Is it a FIT or a FAINT?
Patients that present with syncope can be challenging purely because syncope is a symptom, not…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
The patient with SOB and chest pain
What does this ECG show? Try it before you go on. From ‘theecglibrary.com’ Let’s use…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
avR – 'the little lead that could'
I was teaching ‘The ECG in 20 Seconds’ the other day and again thought about…
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…
Dr Peter Kas27/06/2019
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
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
