Button Holes
This is a written version of a talk requested for PACSA 2019 in Johannesburg. It covers the horror show that is button battery ingestion and the tracheo-oesophageal fistulae that can result. […]
Category Archives: Challenging Things
Making New Boxes – Podcast #7
It’s been a bit since a post and even longer since a podcast. Time to catch up maybe. This podcast is a recorded version of a talk given at the Spring […]
A Very Quick Link
A quick note from Andrew W.. While there’s usually a bit of downtime on the site posts this year to allow a bit of a refresh, I’ll put up something […]
When the GA doesn’t do the job – Awareness and Kids
The core job when you reach for general anaesthesia is to provide a general lack of awareness. So what about when it doesn’t work? The person making the coffee sort of […]
A Real World Update on MPS – Podcast #4
Back to a podcast already. This time there is a brand new guest, the very excellent Dr Gail Wong. Gail works at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead but also spent a […]
A Weight on the Chest – Anterior Mediastinal Mass
There are a few conditions which make the most experienced paeds anaesthetists take a deep breath in. Anterior mediastinal mass is right up there. Here’s a quick trawl through stuff that’s out […]
The Opposite of What We Do
Almost everything we do is about efficiency. What about the patients whose version of efficiency is actually to be less efficient? Andrew Weatherall writes a thing here about kids whose […]
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