Mpox (Formerly: Monkeypox)

September 6, 2024

Wear Gloves & Wash Your Hands!!! There have been >100 patients identified as having Mpox in the UK during the current outbreak. Most of these… Read more

DKA – Adult

September 5, 2024

Things to remember Give 0.9%NaCl Actrapid “Fixed Rate” 0.1unit/kg/hr Basal Insulin (lantus/levemir) give this too – usual time and dose Potassium – if below 5.5 will… Read more

Case of the Week 10 – Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema

August 30, 2024

CHFT Case of the Week 10 – Pulmonary oedema     This weeks case features a 75 year old lady presenting with acute breathlessness and… Read more

Unsuspected NoF

August 15, 2024

We have seen multiple incidence where clinicians of ALL grades have assessed patients with falls and examined hips and even mobilised patients Evidence shows (and… Read more

Case of the Week 9 – Spontaneous Pneumothorax

August 13, 2024

CHFT Case of the Week 9 – Spontaneous Pneumothorax     This weeks case features a young man presenting with a spontaneous pneumothorax and discusses… Read more

Case of the Week 8 – Severe Hyponatraemia

August 1, 2024

CHFT Case of the Week 8 – Hyponatraemia       This weeks case features a critically unwell patient with a very low sodium. Focus… Read more

Case of the Week 7 – Femoral fracture

July 12, 2024

CHFT Case of the Week 7 – download for links     This weeks case features a young man presenting to CRH with a femur… Read more

Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

July 10, 2024

New onset hypertension after 20 weeks of gestation (systolic blood pressure > 140 and/or diastolic blood pressure > 90) And either Proteinuria (urine protein:creatinine ratio… Read more