Tagged: Diagnosis

Doctors and nurses can’t always tell if someone’s drunk or on drugs, and misdiagnosis can be dangerous - Guest Work

Guest Work • Jul 05, 2017 •

• alcohol,
• death,
• Diagnosis,
• Drugs,
• illness,
• intoxication,
• Medicine

Lauren Monds, Research Fellow in Addiction Medicine, Research Officer in Forensic Psychology, University of Sydney and Celine van Golde, Associate Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, University of Sydney Bob has arrived at the emergency department at 10am on a Tuesday after breaking several fingers slamming his hand in a car door. Bob is quite anxious; he … Read More

Depression among Māori, Pacific and Asian Kiwis flying under the radar - News

John Kerr • Apr 28, 2017 •

• anxiety,
• Asian,
• Depression,
• Diagnosis,
• health inequalities,
• inequality,
• Maori,
• Mental health,
• Pacific

Māori, Pacific and Asian New Zealanders are more at risk of depression and anxiety disorders and yet are likely to be under-diagnosed, say the authors of a new study.  Around one in six  New Zealand adults are diagnosed with an anxiety or mood disorder in their lifetime. However some minorities are less likely to be diagnosed, despite appearing to have higher rates of … Read More

A positive STD - Kidney Punch

John Pickering • May 04, 2012 •

• $100Dialysis,
• Diagnosis,
• Health,
• Keeping it simple,
• medical tests,
• medicine,
• research

The doc said it was an STD.  I laughed.  Why? The answer my friends lies in the numbers. Of course the doctor wanted me to have an awkward conversation and prescribed some anti-bs.  I, on the other hand, was very confident, so took a different line – “Do the test again,” I said. And the … Continue reading » … Read More

Sniffer bees - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Sep 26, 2011 •

• bees,
• Diagnosis,
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• tuberculosis

Anyone entering New Zealand via the International arrivals terminal at Auckland may well have been welcomed by one of MAF Biosecurity’s sniffer dogs. These lovely animals are specially trained to search baggage, mail and cargo to locate undeclared or forgotten agricultural products. But one day you may be greeted by bees too. Honeybees can be trained to recognise particular … Read More

Correct Diagnosis - MacDoctor

Jim McVeagh • Dec 12, 2009 •

• Back Pain,
• Christchurch ED,
• Dean Carroll,
• Diagnosis,
• Emergency Departments,
• Hospitals,
• Medical Practice,
• Mike Ardagh,
• MRI,
• Rule of Rescue,
• Sciblogs

It is always a tragedy when a young life is lost, but it is especially heart-wrenching when a young man dies from something you would not normally expect such a person to die from. Such is the case of Dean Carroll, the 22 year old who presented to an emergency department and left with a [...] Related posts: … Read More