A Patient with Kaleidoscope Vision, and how to use the Pronator Drift and Mingazzini Signs Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery A Patient with Kaleidoscope Vision, and how to use the Pronator Drift and Mingazzini Signs The New EM Mastery Site going Live January 29th In this Clinical Cases Podcast we…Dr Peter Kas25/01/2025
A Clinical Risk Score to Identify Serious Causes of Vertigo Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery A Clinical Risk Score to Identify Serious Causes of Vertigo The patient with vertigo can be a clinical challenge. Patients may describe their symptoms as…Dr Peter Kas15/08/2024
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Pearls for diagnosis Read more BlogNeurology/NeurosurgeryUncategorized Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo: Pearls for diagnosis A 68 yo patient presents with a complaint of having developed sudden onset of dizziness,…Dr Peter Kas02/08/2024
5 Steps to Diagnosing Diplopia Read more BlogNeurology/NeurosurgeryUncategorized 5 Steps to Diagnosing Diplopia A patient presents with a complaint of diplopia. "I've been seeing double since last night.…Dr Peter Kas25/07/2024
Guillain Barre Syndrome Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery Guillain Barre Syndrome A 36 yo woman presented to the emergency department complaining of numb feet. "I can't…Dr Peter Kas22/02/2024
This Child Would Not Stop Seizing: Status Epilepticus Read more BlogNeurology/NeurosurgeryPaediatric ResuscitationPaediatrics This Child Would Not Stop Seizing: Status Epilepticus The CASE A 7 yo child is brought in by ambulance after having tonic clonic…Dr Peter Kas23/11/2023
Parietal Arm Drift Sign Read more BlogNeurology Featured VideoNeurology/Neurosurgery Parietal Arm Drift Sign What does Upward Arm Drift mean? A 50 yo patient presents to the emergency department…Dr Peter Kas11/10/2023
Hoover’s Sign and Functional Weakness Read more BlogClinical ExaminationNeurology/Neurosurgery Hoover’s Sign and Functional Weakness A 58 yo patient presents with weakness of the left leg. The patient states that…Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024
Diagnosing the Dizzy Patient Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery Diagnosing the Dizzy Patient Introduction Patients presenting with dizziness comprise about 4% of all emergency department presentations. Our role…Dr Peter Kas04/04/2023
Transient Global Amnesia Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery Transient Global Amnesia CASE A 59 yo musician, who has just completed playing violin in an orchestral performance. Is…Dr Peter Kas01/03/2023
Bell’s Phenomenon Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery Bell’s Phenomenon Bell's Palsy is an ipsilateral Cranial Nerve VII (lower motor neuron) palsy. One of the…Dr Peter Kas27/08/2023
Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage. Read more BlogNeurology/NeurosurgeryResuscitation Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage. The 2022 Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage have just been released by the American…Dr Peter Kas09/11/2024
Diplopia Read more BlogNeurology/Neurosurgery Diplopia A lot of people have asked for the Diplopia lecture I gave in Sydney last…Dr Peter Kas14/05/2023
Sudden Hearing Loss Read more BlogENTNeurology/Neurosurgery Sudden Hearing Loss A 64 year old male is sent into the Emergency Department by an audiologist with…Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023
Risk Stratification of Sudden Headache Read more BlogNeurology/NeurosurgeryNeurosurgery Risk Stratification of Sudden Headache This week we try something different. I interview the lead author of a recent paper…Dr Peter Kas15/07/2023
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Read more BlogEENTNeurology/Neurosurgeryophthalmology Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension A 28 year old woman presents to the emergency department with one week of headaches.…Dr Peter Kas06/09/2023