EBM Migraine

EBM Migraine

Migraine without aura (‘common’ migraine). 66-75% of migraineurs; must have had at least five attacks. Attacks lasting 4-72 hours untreated. At least 2 of headache characteristics: unilateral, pulsating or throbbing, moderate to severe, aggravated by movement. At least 1 associated symptom during headache: nausea and/or vomiting, photophobia and phonophobia.

Postpartum Emergencies

Pregnancy 2

Highlights from EB Medicine’s Emergency Medicine Practice August 2010 article: ‘Postpartum Emergencies: Headache, Hypertension, Eclampsia, and Cardiomyopathy’.

Forgetting the Unforgettable II

The man did not respond. No amount of verbal persuasion could make him lift his eyelids and the only noises he made were incomprehensible groans. He moved only to push away his loved ones and the hospital staff trying to look after him.

Adult Bacterial Meningitis: Lecture notes

Adult Bacterial Meningitis: Lecture notes