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27/05/2026

🚨 Heat stroke is not the same as heat exhaustion or dehydration. It’s a medical emergency.

As temperatures rise, keep your radar up for:
🧠 Altered mental state — confusion, agitation, delirium, ataxia
🌡️ Core temp >40°C
💓 Tachycardia + hypotension
🧪 Early organ dysfunction: jaundice, coagulopathy, rhabdomyolysis

High-risk groups aren’t just elderly patients:
⚠️ Drug use e.g., anticholinergics, diuretics, phenothiazines, tricyclic antidepressants
⚠️ Alcohol & stimulant use
⚠️ Athletes and people exercising intensely in hot, humid conditions
⚠️ Patients unable to care for themselves or access fluids appropriately

Key management priorities:
❄️ Rapid cooling + removal from heat source
💧 Fluid resuscitation with isotonic fluids
🩸 Monitor for rhabdo/DIC
⏱️ Time-to-cooling matters

🔗 Click
https://bit.ly/49SNYCg to read more on this hot topic.

25/05/2026

Not the kids (who would suggest such a thing!)..We’re talking about ticks! 🕷️⚠️Or more precisely, the spiral-shaped bacteria of genus Borrelia, which is transmitted to humans by ticks and can cause the infection called Lyme disease. The most common initial manifestation is a typical skin lesion known as erythema migrans. Later manifestations may include arthritis, or central nervous system or cardiac involvement.

Ticks like to hang out in woodlands, heathland and long grass, sometimes even in urban parks and gardens, so be tick-aware if you are heading out for a picnic or festival this bank holiday and remember to check children and pets carefully. 👀🔍👆And head over to https://bit.ly/3RmXN5a for up to date information on Lyme disease and loads of useful images of the characteristic signs (including the mites themselves, in case you can’t tell one little critter from another..)

23/05/2026

When your COPD patient has diabetes, how do you manage it?

Try our free topic on Acute Exacerbation of COPD to see how the comorbidities manager helps you safely and effectively manage patients with comorbidities 🔽

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22/05/2026

A 7-year-old boy has a chest x-ray for respiratory complaints and is incidentally found to have a prominent main pulmonary artery and cardiomegaly. On examination he has webbing of neck, short stature, and pectus carinatum. He has a systolic ejection murmur which is loudest over the left upper sternal border. Molecular genetic testing is positive for a gene mutation associated with Noonan syndrome.
? Find out at 🔗: https://bit.ly/49N5K9W

21/05/2026

Important Update 📢

WHO declares DRC and Uganda outbreak a global public health emergency.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). PHEIC status aims to accelerate funding, research, and international public health measures and co-operation to contain a disease.

https://bit.ly/4dp29Bt

$📢Tazemetostat (an EZH2 inhibitor approved for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma) has been voluntarily withdrawn ...$

20/05/2026

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Tazemetostat (an EZH2 inhibitor approved for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma) has been voluntarily withdrawn from the global market due to risk of secondary haematological malignancies.
Tazemetostat was approved in the US by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020 for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma, as well as metastatic or locally advanced epithelioid sarcoma, under an accelerated approval pathway. Tazemetostat was approved in some countries in Asia, but was not approved in Europe.
Read more by following the 🔗: https://bit.ly/4drsmOm

15/05/2026

? 🔎 A 30-year-old woman presents to the emergency department complaining of left flank pain for the past week with no other associated symptoms. She describes the pain as sharp, stabbing, and scoring 10 out of 10 in severity, although she had appeared comfortable while sitting in the waiting room. She reports that her sister has "just been taken off life support last week," and that her mother and brother have both also recently died. Her physical exam, including pelvic exam, are normal. A social worker is asked to assist in linking the patient with community resources, but the patient refuses to give permission for the social worker to contact the family to help coordinate care..
Find out the answer by clicking the following 🔗: https://bit.ly/3QOEMZc

13/05/2026

( ) is among the most common and functionally impairing of the anxiety conditions? SAD can cause impairments in daily functioning, difficulty forming relationships, and impaired school and work performance. Read more at 🔗: https://bit.ly/4g5fsFs

11/05/2026

Did you know that almost 5% of the world’s population will experience an episode of in any 12-month time period? This is why we're helping raise awareness for ! 💚

To learn more about , follow the 🔗: https://bit.ly/3PxqbAV

09/05/2026

Diagnose this patient🔽

A 48-year-old man presents to the hospital after several episodes of vomiting blood following periods of forceful retching and vomiting. He has been binge drinking alcohol over the preceding 2 days.

https://bit.ly/4tRsPAo

08/05/2026

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A woman, who is 4 weeks postpartum, presents to hospital acompanied by her husband, who reports behavior that is out of character for her, changes in her mood, and that at times she appears to be hallucinating.
🔗 Follow this link for the answer https://bestpractice.bmj.com/topics/en-gb/3000426

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