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Neonatal Jaundice – PEM Induction

It’s a common card to pick up in some paeds EDs – the yellow newborn. But whilst this can be an ‘easy’ one, such tiny babies can strike fear into the hearts of some!

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Accidental drug overdose

You receive a standby call for red-flag sepsis – Initial pattern recognition triggers the pathway. Shortly after arriving you experience ‘pattern interrupt’ and ponder new evidence in the treatment of this condition.

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Liver Abscess Exists

A 34-year-old man, with history of recent foreign travel, presents to the ED with fever, jaundice and right upper quadrant pain. Physical exam shows right upper quadrant tenderness.

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Jaundice

This session deals with the assessment and management of jaundice.

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Jaundice

Jaundice is a physical finding, which emergency physicians see in patients who may present with jaundice alone or with other complaints and symptoms.

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A Metabolic Acidosis

You receive a sepsis pre-alert for a 39 year old female who is brought in by ambulance vomiting. She has muscle aches and a fever for 5 days. She is triaged to Covid resus. Her blood gas isn’t pretty. What are we missing?

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Gall Bladder Disease

Gall Bladder, specifically gallstone, disease is the commonest abdominal complaint causing hospital admission in the developed world.

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A Diagnostic Challenge

A keen fisherman attends following a flu-like illness. He has a small head wound and is now jaundiced. One sign brings it all together, can you spot it?

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Neonatal Jaundice

Not one, but two teeny tiny yellow wailing babies present to your Paediatric ED! Their worried parents ask you: “why have the twins turned yellow?”

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