Cite this article as: Lawton, B. Finding the needle – without using one, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16714This week the DFTB team have been invited to run a conference within a conference in Sydney. Resus @ the Harbour is a multidisciplinary resuscitation conference combining powerful patient stories with cutting edge care –…
Cite this article as: O’Connor, E. Lyme Disease, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16210A nine year old girl, Skye, comes to see you with her parents. She has a two day history of a red, circular and enlarging rash on her right calf, which they describe as looking like a ‘bull’s eye’. She…
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Josh Francis: Paediatrics in East Timor at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16238And so we come to the final talk of the final day of DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out in 2017 then come to Melbourne in August for DFTB18. Tickets are still available…
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Claire Nourse: Tuberculosis at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15791This talk was recorded live on the second day at DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out in 2017 then why not book your leave for 2018 now. Tickets are on sale for the pre-conference workshops as…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Can Point-of-Care CRP testing identify children with serious infection?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15806As paediatric emergency clinicians, a large part of our job is identifying the child with a serious infection. The utility of blood tests in helping with diagnosis in this group of children is…
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. Antibiotics for all?, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15679Sometimes a paper is published that makes you stop dead in your tracks. In this post-truth era we are so used to reading headlines that sound too good to be true that we just skip over them. But this…
Cite this article as: Goldstein, H. Lumbar Puncture Needle Depth, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.14720Recently, I prepared up to perform a lumbar puncture for the first time in a few months and a quiet voice at the back of my brain whispered ; How deep would I need to go? Which length…
Cite this article as: Davis, T. Scarlet fever, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15511The start of 2018 has seen UK hospitals receiving an alert from Public Health England about the rise in cases of suspected scarlet fever. What is the extent of the problem and how good are we at actually diagnosing scarlet…
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. DFTB go to South Africa, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: https://dontforgetthebubbles.com/__trashed/When Annet Alenyo Ngabirano spoke about Ubuntu at DasSMACC one of things everyone wanted to know was how could they help. There was talking about donating to Supadel or supporting African academics and writers . Another suggestion…
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Arjun Rao: Sepsis at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.15246This talk was recorded live on the second day at DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out in 2017 then why not book your leave for 2018 now. Tickets are on sale for the pre-conference workshops as…
Cite this article as: DFTB, T. Josh Francis: Rheumatic Heart Disease at DFTB17, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2017. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.13992This talk was recorded live on the second day at DFTB17 in Brisbane. If you missed out in 2017 then why not book your leave for 2018 now. Tickets are on sale for the pre-conference…
Bacterial co-infection
Cite this article as: Tagg, A. Bacterial co-infection, Don't Forget the Bubbles, 2018. Available at: http://doi.org/10.31440/DFTB.16783Often we are asked to look at a febrile infant with what appears to be a viral illness. But could there be something else going on? If you believe in Occam’s Razor or the law of parsimony then you might…