Homemade silver remedy leaves patient with the permanent blues: Aussie case report
A homemade silver solution for a flu-like illness left a patient with the permanent blues after he developed argyria, SA doctors report. The 63-year old…
Tag: Emergency medicine
Do doctors really withdraw life support prematurely for patients with brain injuries?
Medicine is about life and death, a fact starkest when doctors advise families to end life support for a loved one. These decisions are routine…
A rapid deterioration follows DKA discharge
Nikki, a slightly built 30-year-old woman with a 10-year history of type 1 diabetes, is brought to ED by ambulance with an altered level of…
Medical Must-See: Unexpected ectopic pregnancy discovered at term
In a rare case, doctors discovered an advanced abdominal ectopic pregnancy only during an emergency caesarean section for a patient who previously had normal antenatal findings.…
Medical matchmaking: Could you sell your specialty to junior doctors in 15 minutes?
Poorly lit bars, awkward conversations, the bell signalling time’s up — that’s the usual vibe of speed dating to find a potential partner. But last…
Spot Dx — What’s causing this immobile shoulder?
Ginger is a 13-year-old who presents three hours after injuring her left shoulder in a fall while ice skating. Test your clinical know-how by taking…
Platypus rescue spurs rare venom emergency
A woman’s attempt to rescue a wild platypus left her in excruciating pain and requiring surgery in a rare case of envenomation reported in the Medical…
Blood of man who subjected himself to 200 snakebites used for antivenom
Scientists have used the blood of a truck mechanic to create a potential antivenom against some of the world’s most dangerous snakes. Beginning in 2000,…
‘They can be scared or dead’: GP’s warning to accused mushroom poisoner
Two GPs who treated accused mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson after she dished up a fatal lunch of beef Wellington have given evidence in her murder…
‘They were scared I was going to be killed’: The Aussie doctor who read his own death notice
This story has been updated. See footnote. Dr Mohammed Mustafa’s medical mission to Gaza became so dangerous that the aid organisation that sent him prepared…
