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 Kas04/05/2023
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 Kas05/05/2023
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
Can you diagnose the cause of DIPLOPIA? Take the test. Read more BlogNeurology/NeurosurgeryUncategorized Can you diagnose the cause of DIPLOPIA? Take the test. Read the Blog on Diplopia.Dr Peter Kas14/05/2023