When I was asked to talk about assessment of (de)hydration in children, I accepted without a second thought. “How hard could it be?”, I guessed, “I do this every single day”.
When I was asked to talk about assessment of (de)hydration in children, I accepted without a second thought. “How hard could it be?”, I guessed, “I do this every single day”.
A 63-year-old female presents with anxiety and collapse.
A 19-year-old woman of 9 weeks gestation presents to the emergency department with intractable vomiting.
An adult presents with a variety of symptoms. Can you identify and treat the electrolyte disturbance?
A patient starts seizing in your ED, standard management is commenced but the cause and management may not be so straightforward.
A 76-year-old diabetic is referred with confusion and is being treated for a UTI. She is tachycardic and drowsy, is there more than sepsis?
A 16-day-old baby, who has had an uneventful antenatal period, presents with coryza, with some blood streaking in this. His symptoms progress over the coming days to uncover another more subtle diagnosis that may not be considered without a thorough and detailed assessment.
An 83-year-old female presents with worsening shortness of breath over the past three days which suddenly got worse tonight.
This session will illustrate through a series of clinical case studies some of the common problems a patient with end stage renal disease (ESRD) is prone to