Aristotle and Benzos for Back Pain

LITFL Socrates and Shophistry

Aristotle would say that excellence is not an act but a habit – is the habit of giving benzodiazepines for back pain excellent? Do they work? You decide!

Sophistry and VICC

LITFL Socrates and Shophistry

If there is widespread clotting within the coronary arteries, why do we not see clot in the arterial supply of other organs with snakebite?

Croup and the speed of dexamethasone

LITFL Socrates and Shophistry

Why does dexamethasone work so quickly (as early as 30 minutes) in croup?

Socrates and Sophistry

LITFL Socrates and Shophistry

We could do with a bit of Socratic thinking once in a while in medicine. What causes T wave inversion in the setting of some subarachnoid haemorrhages?