The rationale behind the ever-growing collection of Case-based Q&As on Life in the Fast Lane and what its all about.
An Obstetric Bleeder
July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A 32 year-old woman is referred to the ICU post caesarean section. She had an uneventful elective caesarian section 10 hours previously. She has been referred because in the last 2 hours she has developed vaginal bleeding and oozing from her epidural site.
Look left, look right
July 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
An elderly woman had a fall. On examination she has an unusual constellation of eye movements. What’s going on?
7 Links for Bloggers Challenge
July 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
Prompted by a recent post on Problogger I thought it would be fun to try and complete the 7 links for Bloggers challenge! It certainly made me think, and it has been fun trawling through the archives. I am hoping that more medical bloggers will take up this challenge…
Lover not a fighter
July 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
A distinctly uncommunicative man says he injured his hand in a fall. What is the diagnosis, the mechanism and how will you treat the injury?
Emergency Musical Interlude XXI
July 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As any biologist, doctor or medical student knows — your mum does a lot more than just give you half a set of genes. This song gives a fantastically geeky, or geekally fantastic — or just fantastic (according to @Jabulani9) — reminder of why we should all thank our mums.
Nasal Foreign Bodies
July 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Chicken or the Egg?
July 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
Which came first – the chicken or the egg? Despite millennia of extensive research, evidential debate and philosophical procrastination the answer to this riddle still remains a mystery…or does it?
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 022
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Feeling a bit wound-up…feeling a bit frazzled by Friday? Why not relax and unwind with some medical trivia…answering questions on tomomania, phossy jaw, trichotillomania, Bozzolo sign and what causes hatters shakes
Eye movements, coma and pseudocoma
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A man is about to intubated for coma. What can be learned from a rapid neurological exam that includes assessment of eye movements? Could this be a pseudocoma?
