Ward Calls

Sam speaks to Dr Adele Pope, advanced cardiology trainee at Auckland Hospital, about how to attack the most common, and often the most uncertain, ward call. Differential Life threatening ACS PE Dissection Cardiac tamponade Pneumonia Pneumothorax Oesophageal bleed Heart Pericarditis Lungs Mechanical (foreign body, surgical, chest drain, post-pleurocentesis) Oesophagus Reflux Oesophagitis Oesophageal spasm MSK Musculoskeletal … Read More Read More