Hypercalcaemia is commonly seen in patients with malignant disease. This session explains the assessment and management of the problem in the ED.
Hypercalcaemia is commonly seen in patients with malignant disease. This session explains the assessment and management of the problem in the ED.
Hypercalcaemia is commonly seen in patients with malignant disease. This module explains the assessment and management of the problem in the ED.
A young child presents to your Emergency Department with non specific upper respiratory tract symptoms. You’ve seen him before on a previous visit.
An adult presents with a variety of symptoms. Can you identify and treat the electrolyte disturbance?
This session covers the management of patients who present to the emergency department with macro or microscopic haematuria.
This module covers the management of patients who present to the emergency department with macro or microscopic haematuria.
A man with weight loss, abdominal pain and fevers attends your ED. He has HIV and is on antiretroviral therapy.
A 68-year-old man attends the ED one evening with a painful right knee.
Patients present to ED with complications of etiologies that might not yet have been diagnosed. As ED physicians, it’s imperative to connect the dots and identify themes, beyond the acute complaints.
This SBA will test your knowledge on worrying presentations to ED, and when fevers come and go.
A 50-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department with non-traumatic neuropathic sounding upper limb pain.
A young boy with abdominal pain and distension is brought in by his father. The triage nurse mentions that he is hypertensive, with microscopic haematuria on his urine dipstick.
The ED often plays a vital role in making the first diagnosis of cancer.
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
Here are two cases of oncological and palliative care emergencies that might present to the emergency department, that we should know how to treat.
Cerebral and respiratory complications from mass effect of thoracic/ neck malignancies can be a very challenging situation to manage. Would you know what to do if this presented to your ED?