Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Guidelines

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

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Itchy Hands

Monday, February 13th, 2012

This nursing home patient has itchy skin for a few months. His room mate also has the same problem.

Scabies

Cough and cough

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, CXR, frontal

What is the diagnosis?

What are the radiological features that point to the diagnosis?

Name 3 possible causes?

The houseman oath!

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

“In brightest day, in blackest night,
No diagnosis shall escape my sight!”

When you are post call and still doing resus at 6 pm the next day…

When your spouse gives you grief…

When your consultant tells you that you are useless…

In darkest night, you shall still carry out your duty, smile at your patient and work out all his problems.

Advanced Care Planning

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Cancer Survival

This is a picture created by a patient’s wife. The patient has metastatic terminal cancer.

What is advance care planning?

Name 3 main common symptoms that need palliation.

What can be done for this patient?

Cramps?

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Maclofen

What is the mechanism of action of this medication?

What condition is this useful in?

What is the common side effects?

What is the starting dose for this medications?

Parkinson

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Madopar

What is the mechanism of action of this medication?

What is the common side effects?

What is the starting dose for this medications?

No neck pain?

Friday, April 8th, 2011

C6 Cervical Fracture

Scenario:

This patient was found to be drowsy after a RTA. What is the emergency management of this patient?

Right hand pain

Friday, April 8th, 2011

4thmcfracture

This guy has right hand pain for 2/7 after falling down.

What is the problem?

what is the treatment?

Procedure

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)1

This man was admitted for acute abdominal pain.

What is this procedure called?

What are the contraindications for this procedure?

Name another procedure which can be used if this procedure is contraindicated.