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A cataract is “a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light”. Cataracts cause 50% of blindness and 33% of visual...
There’s a myriad of resources out there to help with maintaining your mental well-being, but it can be overwhelming to understand where to start or what to focus on.This article...
Welcome back to our series on AI in Healthcare. Article 2 will cover the main types of AI and try to answer the question “Will AI replace human healthcare professionals in the future?”....
This is a practice OSCE station for UKMLA content,How to useCandidate:Read the brief below (1 minute).Take a history (6 minutes).Provide your differential diagnoses...
What to refer to urologyAcute or Urgent ConditionsAcute urinary retention (especially if failed catheterisation or post-instrumentation).Obstructed infected kidney – emergency.Complicated...
A subconjunctival haemorrhage (SCH) can appear alarming to patients: the sudden, bright red bleeding on the white of the eye can often raise fears of a serious problem. However, for...
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Cannulation is a procedure regularly undertaken which involves threading a plastic tube into a vein, allowing access for fluid & drug administration. Blood samples can be taken...
Constipation is one of the most common complaints in hospital, especially on the geriatric wards.Failure to treat constipation can lead to longer hospital stays and increased morbidity.What’s...
RCEM has published some clear and comprehensive information which is well worth a read. Below we include a very quick summary as a refresher.CausesImpaired cardiac function...
Here’s a list of apps that are in order of how essential we find them. There’s probably more out there so drop us a comment if you have any suggestions to add!Induction...
Handover occurs between shifts to ensure everyone is up to speed with patients. The exact nature of how it occurs varies greatly by hospital & specialty. E.g. in paediatrics or...
When assessing pain, ensure you begin by taking a history to characterise the pain as neuropathic pain, inflammatory pain and oncological pain all respond to different analgesia. SOCRATES...
There are certain situations where you need to prescribe IV fluids which vary from fluid resuscitation to maintenance fluids if a patient is nil-by-mouth (NBM) (e.g. pre-operatively,...
As an F1, you will quite frequently get bleeped to review a patient who has had a fall on the ward, particularly if you are working late evening/nights. Falls in hospital can be anything...
Sepsis is an infection with evidence of organ dysfunction. Septic shock is when a patient with sepsis is hypotensive despite appropriate fluid resuscitation.IntroductionOne...
You are unlikely to be expected to make decisions about long term asthma management, therefore focus your efforts on learning how to deal with acute exacerbations.Brief historyIf...