A real case highlighting the challenges of managing the critically ill obstetric patient in remote regions of Australia.
Coughing Kid and a Blood Red Eye
August 6, 2010 By 4 Comments
A 14 year-old boy is brought into the emergency department by his weary mother. She is worried about bleeding under the surface of his eye. Now what?
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.
Are Redheads Bleeders?
January 14, 2010 By 8 Comments
I first became aware that redheads were treated differently in medicine when I started hanging around anaesthetists. Most anaesthetists i know tend to get slightly more uptight when they see the phaeomelanin-laden locks of a freckled UV-sensitive patient. Especially in obstetrics. Why is this you ask?
Supratherapeutic INR
October 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Warfarin deliberate self poisoning
September 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A 30 year-old female is brought into the ED by her husband. The couple had a heated argument which ended with the patient swallowing ~2mg/kg warfarin.
