Archive for May, 2008

Demented!

Posted on May 29, 2008. Filed under: Apply topically |

It’s that time of the year when I start to review patient with dementia and very topical it is too at the moment.  As the Kings Fund has released a new report on the short fall in mental health spending and the increased amount of patients with dementia. It states the number of people with dementia [...]

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A problem downstairs…

Posted on May 15, 2008. Filed under: Journal from behind the desk... |

Last week was one of those where all my patients seemed to have a need to drop their trousers, hitch up their skirts and generally reveal themselves in ways they rarely would, even after a night in the pub.
As I said only last week history taking is a vital part of clinical assessment, but when [...]

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Lessons in History…

Posted on May 8, 2008. Filed under: Journal from behind the desk... |

Taking a history from a patient is a challenge, sometimes the patient will give one word answers and sometimes it’s difficult to get the patient to stop talking. None-the-less a good and comprehensive history is essentially….
Is that Gina from Code blog?
Here is an example of why….
Little girl tells mummy she put a bead up her [...]

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