Bloody alcohol
Today, a patient had a macrocytic anaemia, low platelets and an oddly low neutrophil count despite having clear signs and a chest xray suggestive of a lobar pneumonia. To my…
On Call Week: Liverpool Care Pathway, STAT
Apologies for the delay since my last post. It was busy. There were many learning experiences I want to share. Perhaps the most poignant one was writing up the Liverpool…
Probably one of the 10 most unusual ABGs I will ever see
I love MAU so much. I actually wake up looking forward to work. Every request from the radiologist or discussion with microbiology is a learning experience. It’s more like working…
The best PRN laxative, dangerous lipohypertrophy and ‘greening out’
Day 1 of being a real doctor. There weren’t any grand-round worthy cases today in AMU, but there were plenty of things I picked up that passed me by in…
I think I finally get hyponatremia
My final day of shadowing highlighted everyone’s favourite (and most common) electrolyte abnormality: too little salt. The patient was an 81 year old man who came to AMU having been…
Day 2: Atypically typical angina
Day 2 felt a lot easier than Day 1. I knew which platform the train left from. I knew that my team were a friendly and forgiving lot. Most reassuringly,…
Day 1: A straightforward SOB case, right?
2pm, 26.07.12. The first patient I saw as a newly qualified doctor was a 26 year old woman with shortness of breath. A glance at her triage notes highlighted a…
Hello world!
Thanks for finding me. I am a newly qualified doctor in the UK. I would like to use this blog to share stories of clinical experiences I have as a…