Each month, the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine (JUCM) present its Abstracts in Urgent Care. Edited by Dr Ivan Koay FRNZCUC, these posts cover around 6 recently published papers and breaks them down into digestible form, clearly identifying the benefit to urgent care. These abstracts are a great source of regular CME. Claim for time…
Type 2 diabetics can present with a DKA associated with SGLT-2 inhibitors. And it may be euglycaemic. So be wary.
Pinworms are often asymptomatic, or cause mild pruritus ani, but do they cause abdominal pain?
If you are working in urgent care over the holiday period, thank you.
While the Christmas period is supposed to be a happy holiday for all, there are many increased stressors at this time of year. These papers give food for thought for the season.
Registrations for the Goodfellow Symposium 2025 are open. It is on the weekend of March 22 and 23, 2025. For the urgent care stream, we have some fantastic talks. Dr Craig Ellis asks – are we underthinking anaphylaxis? Things you were taught that might be wrong. Dr Rachael Niederer will talk to us about sudden…
We should be familiar with Reye Syndrome and its association with aspirin.
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Do you palpate for the epitrochlear lymph node?
An interesting and thought-provoking TED talk that argues for the need for clinicians to continue to examine patients thoroughly.