JC: High sensitivity Troponin I on presentation. Is it enough to rule out ACS? St.Emlyn’s
As you surely know we love thinking about Troponin at St.Emlyn’s. We have our own world expert in Rick Body and there is loads of stuff here on the site […]
As you surely know we love thinking about Troponin at St.Emlyn’s. We have our own world expert in Rick Body and there is loads of stuff here on the site […]
We love a bit of meta-cognition here at St.Emlyn’s. As time passes and we all become a little longer in the tooth it becomes increasingly apparent that it’s not just
JC: Are typical chest pain symptoms predictive of outcome? St.Emlyn’s Read More »
This blog post is based on a paper we’ve just had published in the Emergency Medicine Journal entitled: ‘The Manchester Acute Coronary Syndromes (MACS) decision rule: validation with a new
The MACS rule: a new user-friendly version Read More »
A 45 year old man comes off his motorbike on a country road. He is flagged up as major trauma and gets the full works, including WBCT. This reveals nothing
JC: What’s the ‘best’ test for a broken chest? St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Have you ever heard this sort of conversation in your ED? Junior EDÂ doc:Â Can I run my patient by you, please? Senior ED doc: Sure Junior:Â I Â have a 40
Is severe chest pain more likely to be a heart attack? Read More »
A few years ago I was asked to see a patient in the rapid assessment unit with severe pain in the flank. She looked as though she had renal colic
JC: Should USS be first investigation for renal colic? St.Emlyn’s Read More »
Chris Nickson (@precordialthump) is a genius in many ways. Not only does he organise arguably the best healthcare conference in the world right now, but he’s also a very
The Heart Under Stress – St. Emlyn’s at SMACC Gold Read More »
Recently we published part one of our series on cardiac troponins.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can find it here. In the second part, we’re going to
High sensitivity troponin at St. Emlyn’s Read More »