Hyperglycemia as a sign of something systemically wrong
The design of the new psychiatry unit was so damn mathematical. Everything was coloured in single hues and with the minimum number of edges possible. It was as if someone…
Category: Medical Education
Why CPAP works in acute heart failure and other bedtime stories
The potassium issues from the previous post resolved with IV magnesium, and the patient was discharged on oral magnesium indefinitely. It is ironic that oral magnesium supplements cause diarrhoea, which…
Has anyone ever lured the on-call surgeon out of the mess?
Apologies for the delay. A mixture of on-calls, time off and working on other medical education projects got in the way. Also, I couldn’t find the ? ST Elevation patient’s…
Prescribe the damn aspirin. Then think about it.
ACS is not just about sorting out the meds and organise the PCI ASAP, then moving on. If the patient is still alive and sitting front of you following an…
There are no guidelines on inpatient hyperglycemia
Following on from the COPD blog post, the same patient later had a series of interesting capillary blood glucose levels. Bear in mind he was a known type 2 diabetic…