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Dear All, I have seen doctors giving up on striving patient easily when the patient is trying hard to live, Patient female, 50 yo with history of father deceased of MI at 55 yo. Last 5 years of...
18 February 2018 7,233 5 View
Dear All, Empathy is rampant in healthcare setting and fairly on educational setting. How true is this? And what does empathy mean to you as a professional? Thank you for your decent reply. Best...
30 August 2017 7,658 12 View
Dear All, “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden How true this adage to you and your intelligent others? Thank you and best...
26 June 2017 3,162 76 View
Dear All, We have seen a humble person like Richard Branson being a great man/woman of his/her time. What qualities, characters, situations etc. make such person(s) great? Best regards. Mariam
12 June 2017 1,498 95 View
Dear All, I observed a 58 yo female patient in deep pain and was diagnosed as having a left-sided atypical chest pain. And she was sent for a chest X-Ray. It was found that she has a 1.0 cm x 0.8...
10 June 2016 9,786 6 View
Dear All, I was with a patient who was diagnosed with an affective disorder with no mentioning of the sub-type he belonged to. He was told that his condition would be "cured" in 6 months. Is...
23 May 2016 9,399 8 View
Dear All, Freud is known to use the couch primarily for his own comfort and convenience also because he did not like to be looked at (Friedberg & Linn, 2012) Friedberg, A. & Linn, L...
10 May 2016 7,754 7 View
Dear All, Is Waddell test the gold standard for checking spinal problem? I observed a 70 yo male Spine consultant seeking his junior to perform the test and discharged the 47 yo male patient for...
21 April 2016 3,736 3 View
Dear All, 1.What is ECG Transient TWI V2-V3? 2. Can ECG Transient TWI V2-V3 lead to MI or Ischaemia? 3. Trop T
01 March 2016 7,177 2 View
Dear All, 1. Is it similar to somatoform disorder? 2. If not, what is the next test(s) to address the recurrent syncope? Thanks and best regards Mariam Ahmad
06 February 2016 2,830 5 View
For antibiotics like bactrim, what are the gold standards to determine whether the patient acquires true allergy or merely side effect?
01 January 2016 5,125 2 View
Hi All, I have seen many House Officers, Medical Officers, Registrars and even Consultants finding difficulties in inserting IV plug on small vein patients. It is normal to have EN or SN to do...
17 December 2015 9,795 12 View
Some of the patients are carriers, and some acquired MRSA through airborne particles. Do we generalise both groups by isolating them from patients of other disciplines? If not,why?
24 November 2015 6,334 15 View
Hi All,I have seen this patient on prolonged pain medication for CRPS Type 1. The pain consultant suggested a stellate ganglion block. He agreed. But that was over 5 years ago.Now he is being...
14 October 2015 2,169 6 View
Hi All, I observed this 55 yrs old male fell from a two level double decker bus over ten steps spiralling face foward. His head and operated shoulder hit the steps and the handle bar and he was...
27 July 2015 671 1 View
Hi All, I have observed for almost 5 years now that t-trop used to be as little as
06 July 2015 2,799 4 View
I noticed a telemetry fixed to a patient with 5 electrodes for cardiac monitoring. The next day she told the nurse that one of the light is on for 3 hours. But the nurse ignored her. She acquired...
24 June 2015 2,795 1 View
Dear All, Tilt table test is known to produce false positive results. My queries are - 1) How specific is the procedure? 2) Are there any alternative procedures to accurately diagnose syncope? 3)...
27 May 2015 3,101 4 View
I saw a seriously recurrent UTI patient who has allergies to abx like bactrim, penicillin, cipro, rocephine and augmentin in an ICU ward recently. He was given tramadol and citravescent for this...
27 May 2015 6,724 1 View
After a hysteroscopy D & C operation, a female was found to be infected by UTI proteus mirabilis. In the middle of clindamycin treatment (not the tested "Sensitive" antibiotic), specifically 2...
01 May 2015 6,159 4 View
I have only seen ONE incident in Singapore public hospital. This is the one I mentioned earlier - where the patient experiences sudomotor, vasomotor, allodynia and motor dysfunction. The vasomotor...
09 April 2015 8,113 9 View
Arrythmia is easily identifiable by ECG (EKG). But it is always taken lightly considering the inconsistency and inconclusiveness of the ECG measurements. During patients' arrivals at ED, I saw few...
20 March 2015 5,630 9 View
Instead it causes right sided constant rigorous spinning .. would the occipital eventually deteriorate and the spinning ever stops or the person will eventually be blind, if at all?
19 February 2015 4,237 3 View
There are thin lines amongst the three maladies. Could someone assist to define the gold standard in one's country in diagnosing any of such maladies thus making it easier to start treatment regime?
03 February 2015 2,552 11 View
Can the fight/flight episode occur equally well between the adult and the elderly? How can this be overcome - medically and/or cognitively?
19 January 2015 2,360 4 View
What is the ratio of negative positive patients passing the induced asthma test even though asthma is duly induced during the test and reversed if proven detrimental?
21 December 2014 9,979 15 View
I have seen elderly dementia patients being placed at public hospitals despite not experiencing any other acute nor chronic pain. Would placing elderly dementia patients amongst themselves at...
01 December 2014 9,603 8 View
