Forum: Paediatrics

All the best for the interview at St' Andrew's!!!!

hi, any news??i have not heard anything yet. my interview did not go bad,

my stomach has a fire ball in it... I think :( I am routing for you bemyenemy! we will know soon enough

Rejected too. Disappointed but I'm more pumped for my St. Andrew's interview now! Really have to ace this!

Awwww crap, offers are out??? I have heard nothing. Didn't think I'd get in though...

So, another week of fretting, surprise, surprise. I am soo tired this morning. Last night was the worst night’s sleep I’ve had in ages. I seem to have gone back to thinking that I’m not good...

Overdose [copied from half way through] To cut the story short, after a day on the treatment, it was decided that this poor bloke needed a liver transplant as the liver was failing. An organ...

Last week I noticed a deep sense of calm in me. I was smiley happy all week from a combination of small things: the fact my shoes click when I walk in the office (when I was little I couldn’t wait...

An ABG is where a needle is stuck into the wrist at a steep angle to go and pierce the radial artery (the one you can feel with your fingers at your wrist). This is needed to see the levels of...

Crash call! Here is the start of my latest blog... On friday (two weeks ago!) had the most awesome ward round ever! Literally! Reading the title of this blog you might think I'm a bit weird for...

An innovative new clinical trial has been launched in America; called the I-SPY 2 trial and involving up to 800 patients, the trial is unique in terms of it’s flexibility. The trial will test...

The molecular basis for the teratogenicity of thalidomide has finally been isolated to a protein called Cereblon. Since the 1960’s, when Thalidomide was prescribed to expectant mothers to treat...

Fat is actually a protective mechanism that we have evolved to protect us when we eat too much. This idea results from new research which shows that the levels of fat in the blood is responsible for...

A 20 year study that followed 5115 participants has produced result suggesting that increasing the price of unhealthy foods results in a decrease in consumption. The “coronary artery risk...

Involving patient more in their care has been shown not only to improve health outcomes, but also to reduce healthcare costs. In a 914 geriatric patient trial, giving “guided care” whereby patients...