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...

A 32 yo patient presents with syncope during a game of football. He is well now, with no symptoms and normal vitals.

His ecg is shown below. What is ...

The patient with vertigo can be a clinical challenge. Patients may describe their symptoms as vertigo, or the room spinning, or dizziness, or a proble...

A patient who presents to the your Emergency Department with a non-cardiac issue has the incidental findings on the ecg shown below. The patient ha...

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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A patient presents with a complaint of diplopia. “I’ve been seeing double since last night. It started after I woke up from a nap”

Patients who prese...