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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First10EM Journal Club: November 2019 November 12, 2019
We are back! Another journal club with Dr Justin Morgenstern. This month we have a really diverse bunch of papers that looks at CRASH-3, distraction techniques for kids in ED, making the patient experience better, wound closure and syncope workup (Spoiler: CTs ain’t that great). As always the full-text PDFs are available at the cost […]
Casey Parker
Delayed Dialysis Disasters October 23, 2019
Working in the Kimberley is a constant challenge. The medicine is fascinating, the logistics can be difficult. Fortunately, our patients tend to be quite robust. There is one particular scenario that epitomises this dynamic perfectly – the “missed dialysis” patient. What am I talking about? There are a few things to you need to know […]
Casey Parker
First10EM Journal Club: August 2019 August 30, 2019
Hello! We are back. After nearly 2 months of hiking, cruising, paddling and driving all over North America I have just returned to sunny Broome and managed to do some actual work. Apologies for the downtime and I hope you enjoyed the collaboration projects. Justin Morgenstern has sent me another batch of papers which we […]
Casey Parker

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 →

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.
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

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