A 62 yo patient with a previously diagnosed spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) presents with sudden onset 10/10 central severe chest pain...

 Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia

Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia (VT), occurs in structurally normal hearts and comprises about 10% of VT cases...

We're back to an old question of should we give antibiotics for otitis media? The factors always being weighed up have been around the benefit which...

Here’s a patient presentation, I have residents and registrars discuss with me frequently. An elderly patient who had a mechanical fall at home is b...

A 72 yo patient presents with what appears to be a pre syncopal episode at home. This is on a background history of having had a valve repair 3 wee...

Patients with acute aortic syndrome, may be very difficult to diagnose. Patients who present with textbook ripping severe chest pain and accompanyin...

Syncope has three components: (15 minutes read)

1. Loss of consciousness
2. Loss of postural tone and
3. Return to baseline

Patients with syncope com...

 Syncope is not uncommon, occurring in up to 25% of children. Most causes are benign, however we need to be aware of the of 3 major groups as these ca...

Dr James Edwards Discusses this important topic

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