– Rheumatological emergencies
12.1 Septic arthritis About: infected joint can become a permanently painful and destroyed joint. Involve orthopaedic team and microbiology immediately. Aetiology: destruction of cartilage begins within 48 h due to…
– Neurological emergencies
11.1 Neuroscience and neuroanatomy Physiology: the brain is 1% of body weight but gets over 10% of cardiac output for its high metabolic demand. It is sensitive to embolism and…
– Gastroenterology emergencies
6.1 Acute diarrhoea Answering bleep/taking referral Diarrhoea: is there known IBD? Is or was the patient on antibiotics? Pyrexial, tachycardia, unwell, dehydrated? How many times have bowels opened today and…
– Endocrine and diabetic emergencies
Introduction Endocrinology testing usually involves a snapshot picture of function. Some hormone secretion is pulsatile, other hormones have diurnal variation and increase with sickness, protein binding can all make results…
