General Surgery
There are certain situations where you need to prescribe IV fluids which vary from...
The advantages of AXRs are far less radiation to patients & that they’re...
When assessing pain, ensure you begin by taking a history to characterise the pain...
The first thing when called is to identify whether the bleeding is truly a lower...
As a junior doctor, you will frequently look after patients prior to and after their...
Constipation is one of the most common complaints in hospital, especially on the...
You will frequently get calls regarding nausea & vomiting: many patients present...
When you are on call, you will often get a bleep about a patient with abdominal pain....
NG tubes are passed from the nose to the stomach. Depending on the material, they...
Patients regularly present under the acute take with gallstone disease. The aim of...
Bowel obstruction is a common reason for admission or complication of patients under...
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to a relapsing and remitting inflammatory...
Pancreatitis is a condition characterised by the inflammation of the pancreas. These...
Appendicitis is a one of the most common abdominal emergencies worldwide. Your aim...
The groin, also known as the inguinal region, extends from the anterior superior...
Diverticulae can occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract but are more common...
Chronic pancreatitis is characterised by repeated pancreatic inflammation. This leads...
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancer types seen in the western world....
In this article, we cover common benign anorectal pathologies including haemorrhoids,...