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Decompensated Liver Disease

Decompensated liver disease and cirrhosis are common pathological states present on the gastroenterology ward. It is important to understand the basic...
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Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial Fibrillation is the most common arrhythmia and it can often feel like an on call shift is dominated by patients with AF when it is not controll...
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Difficult Conversations

Difficult conversations are exactly that: difficult. They may be difficult for numerous factors that are related to the subject matter, the patient, t...
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Head Injuries

Head injuries are not just common to the Emergency Department, but common occurrences when covering the wards as a junior doctor. They can present a c...
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Falls In The Elderly

Over 280000 falls occur in acute, community and mental health hospitals across England and Wales each year. These falls can increase length of stay, p...
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Bowel Obstruction

Bowel obstruction is a common surgical presentation and in the presence of ischaemia carries a mortality up to 40%. What makes the diagnosis? How good...
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