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Category: Easily missed

Primary aldosteronism

What you need to knowAldosterone excess can cause cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal diseaseConsider primary aldosteronism in patients with […]

April 20, 2022 Easily missed

Recognising acute coronary syndrome

What you need to knowConsider the possibility of acute coronary syndrome in any patient with new onset or […]

April 13, 2022 Easily missed

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

What you need to know • More than half of patients with atrial fibrillation are either asymptomatic or […]

December 30, 2021 Easily missed

Subacute small bowel obstruction or chronic large bowel obstruction

What you need to knowAlthough the features of acute bowel obstruction are usually clinically obvious, the presentation of […]

July 30, 2021 Easily missed

Postpartum thyroiditis

What you need to knowSymptoms of hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism can be overlooked as “normal” in the postpartum period, […]

March 3, 2021 Easily missed

Cauda equina syndrome

What you need to knowSciatica is pain or numbness that is usually referred below the knee (in contrast […]

January 12, 2021 Easily missed

Neonatal sepsis

What you need to knowThe most common early signs of sepsis in infants are fever or hypothermia, tachypnoea, […]

October 1, 2020 Easily missed

Fractures of the scaphoid

What you need to knowThe most sensitive clinical sign of scaphoid fracture is anatomical snuffbox tenderness, but it […]

May 27, 2020 Easily missed
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