Our great Aussie mate Dr Casey Parker is doing a sterling job of producing clinical cases on his BroomeDocs blog, and now we have the chance to share some of this great material right here on Life in the Fast Lane
We have gathered over 200 clinical cases in question and answer format and alliterated their titles for your literary pleasure. Use the ‘column sort‘ option or the ‘search‘ box to find clinical cases to test your knowledge
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Topic | Teaser | LITFL Link | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paediatrics | Just a sip... could kill? | BroomeDocs 054 | Paediatiric ingestion, toxicology, salicylate, camphor, safety |
| Cardiology | A rib tickler you don't see every day | BroomeDocs 053 | Thoracic tortuosity, chest pain |
| Paediatrics | A paeds puzzle. Abdo pain, PR bleeding and testis pain | BroomeDocs 052 | Paeds, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, hydrocoele, purpura |
| Cardiology | Is this an evolving MI in a young guy, or just pericarditis... | BroomeDocs 051 | ECG, cardiology, pericarditis, ACS, rheumatic heart disease |
| Reasoning | A reader shows how good consult techniques can make all the difference | BroomeDocs 050 | Consultation, pain, empathy, patient-oriented medicine |
| Cardiology | I was sitting at the desk writing up some notes when the triage nurse stuck the following ECG strip under my nose. | BroomeDocs 049 | ECG, cardiology, Lewis lead |
| Obstetrics | Epidural troubleshooting, expert opinion from Dr Browning | BroomeDocs 048 | Epidural, obstetrics, labour, analgesia |
| Medicine | Nasty diabetic foot infection + sepsis | BroomeDocs 047 | Diabetic foot, infection, maggots, sepsis |
| Tropical disease | An odd rash in a returned traveller. Diagnosed on the internet! | BroomeDocs 046 | Tropical traveller, rash, infection |
| Medicine | A travelling salesman collapses - what is he cause? | BroomeDocs 045 | Syncope, differential, drug reaction, ECG |
| Neurology | Post-anaesthetic neurology syndrome | BroomeDocs 044 | Neurology, paraesthesia, anaesthesia |
| Anaesthesia | A patient with severe post-op pain. How are you going to plan this anaesthetic? | BroomeDocs 043 | Post-operative pain, analgesia, ketamine |
| Paediatrics | A baby with a cough and not much else on examination | BroomeDocs 042 | Cough, pneumonia, bronchiolitis, sepsis, CXR |
| Paediatrics | Classic croup, but looks different in the morning - what was it? | BroomeDocs 041 | Cough, croup, adrenaline, asthma |
| Paediatrics | Cellulitis, antibiotic choice and getting drugs into kids | BroomeDocs 040 | Anibiotics, kids, cellulitis |
| Gynaecology | Approach to the massive bleeder and induction for a ruptured ectopic in extremis | BroomeDocs 039 | Ectopic pregnancy, massive transfusion |
| Surgery | Evidence around AAA. Gender difference and the screening for these | BroomeDocs 038 | Abdominal aortic aneurysm, screening, AAA |
| Emergency | Locating a source of sepsis is important | BroomeDocs 037 | Sepsis, fever, source control , hepatic abscess |
| Emergency | Sepsis, silent, identification, screening | BroomeDocs 036 | Sepsis, fever, screening, pneumonia, melioidosis |
| Medicine | Renal colic, imaging and haematuria | BroomeDocs 035 | Diagnosis and management of renal colic |
| Paediatrics | A young lady with an unusual gait in the NW | BroomeDocs 034 | Movement disorder, chorea, rheumatic disease |
| Emergency | Multiple casualties in trauma | BroomeDocs 033 | Trauma, muliple casualties, triage, disaster training |
| Paediatrics | Rash decisions, what is it? | BroomeDocs 032 | Child rash, exanthem, infectious, erythema multiforme |
| Trauma | Massive transfusion in severe trauma | BroomeDocs 031 | Blunt trauma, massive transfusion, resuscitation, bleeding |
| Medicine | Chest pain work up, bedside ECHO tips | BroomeDocs 029 | Chest pain, ECHO, wall motion, pericardial effusion |
| Emergency | Acute SOB in COPD - what happened? | BroomeDocs 028 | COPD, pneumothorax, ultrasound, chest tube |
| Emergency | Tachycardia, tachypnoea, extreme SOB | BroomeDocs 027 | COPD, aortic stenosis, tachyarrythmia, decision-making |
| Medicine | Haematemesis | BroomeDocs 026 | Haemetemeis, PPIs, endoscopy, mallory-Weiss tear |
| Neonatology | Neonate who can't breathe - resuscitation | BroomeDocs 025 | Neonatology, resuscitation, meconium, blood aspiration |
| Psychiatry | Acute psychosis and sedation in the bush | BroomeDocs 024 | Psychosis, sedation, ketamine, transfer |
| Medicine | Bell's palsy in pregancy | BroomeDocs 023 | Bell's palsy, pregnancy, steroids, antivirals |
| Medicine | Rash, anaemia, Gi bleeding? | BroomeDocs 022 | Rash, GI bleeding, telangiectasia |
| Obstetrics | Pregnancy, vomiting, what is going on? | BroomeDocs 021 | Hyperemesis, pregnancy, twin gestation |
| Medicine | Acute pulmonary oedema - what is the evidence? | BroomeDocs 020 | Pulmonary Oedema, acute, NIV, CPAP, GTN, diuretics |
| Paediatrics | Croupy cough, causes and management | BroomeDocs 019 | Croup, tracheitis, epiglottitis, steroids |
| Trauma | Limb injury, arterial bleeding - resuscitation | BroomeDocs 018 | Limb trauma, bleeding, torniquet, resuscitation |
| Tropical disease | Unusual ulcers in a refugee | BroomeDocs 017 | Ulcers, tropical disease, rickettsia |
| Trauma | Toddler vs. TV chest trauma | BroomeDocs 016 | Paediatric trauma, shock, fluid resuscitation, cardiac tamponade |
| Obstetrics | Obstetric sepsis, amnionitis | BroomeDocs 015 | Obstetric pain, sepsis |
| Trauma | Knife to chest, trauma, massive resuscitation, | BroomeDocs 014 | Haemostatic resuscitation, chest trauma, stabbing |
| Medicine | Respiratory failure, diagnosis, resuscitation | BroomeDocs 013 | Respiratory failure, sarcoidosis, cancer, diagnosis, CT chest |
| Obstetrics | Hypertension, pulmonary oedema, pregnancy - diagnosis | BroomeDocs 012 | Pregnancy, ecclampsia, diagnosis, phaeochromocytoma |
| Psychiatry | Psychiatric sedation and transfer - long haul | BroomeDocs 011 | Psychosis, sedation, aspiratiopn risk, transfer |
| Medicine | STEMI, medications and interventions | BroomeDocs 010 | STEMI evidence, update, pharmacotherapy |
| Trauma | Chest trauma, penetrating injury - how did this happen? | BroomeDocs 009 | Penetrating chest injury, CXR, thoracic foreign body |
| Paediatrics | Pain in the legs, weakness, neurological injury | BroomeDocs 008 | Paediatric neurology, leg pain , Guillane-Barre |
| Medicine | DKA, resuscitation therapy, insulin | BroomeDocs 007 | Diabetic ketoacidosis, evidence, insulin, fluid resuscitaion |
| Medicine | Meningitis, what causes acute encephalitis in the north? | BroomeDocs 006 | Murray Valley encephalitis, meningitis, antibiotics |
| Paediatrics | Pruritis, oedmea, infection in a child | BroomeDocs 005 | Nephrotic syndrome, allergy, paediatric renal disease |
| Anaesthesia | Post- extubation respiratory failure | BroomeDocs 004 | Negative pressure oedema, PEEP, ventilation strategy |
| Medicine | Palliative care, chronic pain, opiate analgesia | BroomeDocs 003 | Pain control, opiate, palliative care, |
| Medicine | SVT, amphetamines, pharmacotherapy | BroomeDocs 002 | SVT, verapamil, adenosine, |
| Trauma | Pedestrian vs. car, trauma, resuscitation | BroomeDocs 001 |
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