Monthly Archives: March 2013

2010 Clinical Care Guidelines on the management of otitis media in Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander populations

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Airways, Safety and Strategy for SARS-CoV2 March 20, 2020
This is a special podcast episode with Dr Tim Leeuwenburg – who is one of the co-authors of the hot-of-the-press Safe Airways Society paper on managing the Coronavirus in your hospital. We discuss PPE, minimisation of aerosolization events and how we can optimise the human factors in this new world of SARS. There is a […]
Casey Parker
First10EM Journal Club: March 2020 March 12, 2020
Welcome once again to the journal club. Justin is back with TEN papers to discuss. There are a few practice changers in here and some serious acronyms to digest. Of course there is also a paper about eating marshmallows and deciding when trephination in the ED is appropriate! As ever, we really want you to […]
Casey Parker
First10EM Journal Club: January 2020 January 15, 2020
It is a New Year and Justin is back on the podcast to discuss another series of papers that range from serious science to silly stuff. We had a great time recording this podcast, so many things learned. Hope you enjoy it too. The papers as ever are below in free PDF format and the […]
Casey Parker

Managing diabetes is not all about expensive medication
Justin Coleman reflects on what matters for diabetes management in his final DMJ editorial. Continue reading →
My perfect medical statistics day
I dedicated one day in clinic to try to treat every individual as a statistic. My outcomes were brilliant. The individuals weren't too happy. Continue reading →
GP Sceptics podcast 13: Nurses’ conflicts-of-interest
It turns out pharmaceutical and device companies court nurses as well as doctors. Podcast guest Quinn Grundy is on the case. Continue reading →
A textbook case walked into the room
Do salmon cause salmon-pink rashes? Strawberries cause strawberry tongues?Do textbook cases of rashes even exist outside textbooks? Continue reading →
Vitamins: mostly harmless, mostly profitable
I’m beginning to suspect a connection between mostly harmless and mostly useless. Continue reading →

N95 respirators vs surgical masks to prevent transmission of respiratory tract infections to staff in primary care
Radonovich et al. JAMA 2019 Sep 3;322(9):824-33 The advantage of N95 respirators over surgical masks in controlled settings were not demonstrated in preventing staff influenza infection in routine primary care.
Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) as treatment for knee osteoarthritis pain
Steels E, et al. Inflammopharmacology 2019 Jun;27(3):475-85. Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) cannot be recommended as a routine therapy for knee osteoarthritis in Australian primary care,
Duloxetine as treatment for knee osteoarthritis pain
Osani et al. Korean J Intern Med 2019 Mar 15 Duloxetine (60-120 mg daily) appears to have a small to moderate beneficial effect on knee osteoarthritis pain and function at 3 months, compared to placebo.

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