PEP, PrEP and all things HIV
On the 1st December we marked world AIDS Day. This day was one of the first ever global health days and was introduced to increase awareness of the issue of […]
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Infectious Diseases
Monkeypox has arrived. Is the panic justified?
This blog provides a rapid update on the diagnosis and management of the emerging infection ‘MonkeyPox’. If you want the short answer to the question then it’s no. Don’t panic,
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Micro Machines: Sick Neonates at #RATH2018
Micro Machines – Sick Neonates at #RATH2018 If there’s one area in paediatric emergency medicine that seems to scare people more than any other, it’s neonates. It’s hard to fathom
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St.Emlyn’s at #EuSEM18 – Day 1
They said Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War was the biggest crossover event in history, then along came a joint conference between the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the European Society
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World Sepsis Conference: #wsc18 an Online, Free, #FOAMed style conference this week. 5th/6th September.
There is no doubt that I love a conference. I’ll freely admit this. I love the travel, the connections and the opportunity to learn, but I also have anxieties about
JC: The End of the ‘Roid? ADRENAL
So another year, another Critical Care Reviews meeting. Rob is doing an absolutely fantastic job with these, inviting lead authors from major critical care trials to present and defend their
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Taking a travel history in the ED by StEmlyns
Clinical scenario: A young man returns from Thailand where he spent two weeks in rural areas backpacking, rafting, mountain climbing before he starts university back home in Scotland. He
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Are you PROcalcitonin? St.Emlyn’s goes bug-hunting.
At work the other day, someone mentioned that we could use procalcitonin to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections, particularly in the paediatric population. It was touted as the answer
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