Acute, severe headache is a common symptom of patients presenting to the emergency department. In 90% of cases, the cause will be one of the primary headache syndromes.
Acute, severe headache is a common symptom of patients presenting to the emergency department. In 90% of cases, the cause will be one of the primary headache syndromes.
Recognising the clinical features of invasive meningococcal disease in children
Recognising the clinical features of invasive meningococcal disease in children
Transient Ischaemic Attacks
Transient Ischaemic Attacks
This session aims to illustrate, through a series of clinical cases, the common presentations and complications of acute kidney injury (AKI).
This module will focus on secondary causes of acute severe headaches that are likely to present to an emergency department.
This month we have 2 sections. Part 1 we discuss Timing of endoscopy, New in EM Haloperidol for migraine, New in EM Drugs v DCC in A Fib. Part 2 we discuss the RCEM guideline on suspected internal drug traffickers
CNS infections are relatively rare, but form a very important differential diagnosis in the unwell patient presenting to the ED.
Intracranial infections (also called central nervous system infections or CNS infections) are relatively rare, but form a very important differential diagnosis in the unwell patient
This is a hugely common presentation in the ED and often one many doctors try to avoid
This session deals with the critical appraisal of a meta-analysis of a treatment for a common emergency presentation.