A case of hypertension in a young soldier takes a different arc.
A case of hypertension in a young soldier takes a different arc.
Identifying aortic dissection is difficult, but the management doesn’t stop there.
Blood pressure is a fickle beast and one that I’m not sure many of us really understand. We’re fabulous at treating it if it’s too low… but when it’s too high, our practice is a bit more varied.
A 37-year old female woman presents with worsening shortness-of-breath and is noted to be severely hypertensive.
A 35-year-old male presents with central non radiating chest pain with ECG changes and a blood pressure of 241/179mmHg.
A 2-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his parents after accidentally drinking water from a glass where they had disposed of cigarette butts overnight.
This module discusses cardiogenic pulmonary oedema, covering its causes, clinical assessment, management and long-term outcomes.
This month we have a brand new Co-host, Liz Farah. And the topics on discussion are Mortality in older patients boarding overnight in the ED, Hypertension in the ED and Cauda Equina Syndrome, Opioids for back pain & New Online
A 50-year-old man was brought to the ED with ongoing dizziness, visual hallucinations and floaters in his eyes.
This month we have INTERACT 3, British Thoracic Society – Pneumothorax, PERUKI Update, UK-Med Experiences in Ukraine with Dave Clarke, New Online.
A hypertensive emergency is defined as the clinical situation in which there is a marked elevation of blood pressure (BP) associated with acute or progressive end organ damage, e.g. cardiovascular, renal or neurological dysfunction.
This session covers the pathophysiology, clinical presentation and management of hypertensive emergencies
30 questions. 30 minutes. Test yourself against your colleagues!
A 56-year-old man presents to the ED with chest pain.
A 36-year-old gentleman presents with intermittent flank pain and has microscopic haematuria. His BP is 220/110 and he is now pain free. What would you do next?
The spontaneous presentation of phaeochromocytoma is normally between the age of 40 and 50 years, however the hereditary forms often present in younger individuals, including children.
Describing the key features relevant to the history of phaeochromocytoma
Patients with known pulmonary hypertension may present to the emergency department with a variety of acute problems related to this disease such as pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an elevation in pulmonary vascular pressure that can be caused by an isolated increase in pulmonary arterial pressure.