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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Stump the Chump with RVTS July 17, 2019
My latest collaboration podcast whilst away on leave was a recorded “Stump the Chump” case discussion with the RVTS Grand Rounds. The RVTS is the Remote Vocational Training Scheme I it is a vocational training program for medical practitioners in remote and isolated communities throughout rural and remote Australia. The purpose of the program is […]
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On the Pomegranate Podcast July 12, 2019
This month I am away from Broome on some long service leave. So I am going to share a few collaborations that I have been involved in recently. First up is this podcast with Mic Cavazzini from the Australian College of Physicians. The Pomegranate Podcast invited our local team of Kimberley physicians on to discuss […]
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PODCAST: Vancomycin by Continuous Infusion June 24, 2019
A few weeks ago I posted on Vancomycin and the Nephrocidal Maniacs – in that post I described the problems that we have in the Kimberley with MRSA, renal disease and sepsis. We walk a fine line between toxicity and efficacy when we treat our patients with severe, limb-threatening infections. I have learned a lot […]
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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 →
Post-truth therapy: alternative medicine with alternative facts
Last week's Senate bill gives the green light to a thousand unsubstantiated alternative health claims. An advertiser's smorgasbord. Continue reading →

Isopropyl alcohol nasal inhalation for nausea in adults
Beadle et al. Ann Emerg Med 2016 Jul;68(1):1-9 e1. Nasal inhalation of isopropyl alcohol provides clinically important relief from acute nausea, of at least a short duration, in community ambulatory patients
EMDR as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder
Bisson et al. Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2013 Dec 13(12):CD003388 Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) appears to be effective for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms.
Oral cimetidine as the treatment of common warts
Yilmaz et al. J Am Acad Dermatol 1996 Jun;34(6):1005-7 The limited research evidence does not support the use of oral cimetidine as the treatment of common warts

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