lcp
We have detected you are using Internet Explorer. To provide the best and most secure experience, please use a modern browser as we do not support Internet Explorer.

Medcast news and blog

Top Tips for Safe NOAC Prescribing

It’s amazing how quickly things can change with ‘novel’ drugs...

READ ON
Clinical Opal #20 - An abnormal urine culture
Clinical Opal #20 - An abnormal urine culture
Dr Simon Morgan

It is Monday morning, and you are reviewing the test results in the inbox of your colleague who has taken a week off work...

Clinical Opal #19 - ‘The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone’
Clinical Opal #19 - ‘The thigh bone's connected to the hip bone’
Dr Gerard Ingham

Mary is a 69-year-old retired teacher discharged two weeks ago from the local public hospital after repair of a fractured neck of femur...

Testing, Testing 1,2,3 - an exciting new Medcast project
Testing, Testing 1,2,3 - an exciting new Medcast project
Kate Clutton

Medcast is delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from The Department of Health and Aged Care Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP).

Clinical Opal #18 - IBS or IBD?
Clinical Opal #18 - IBS or IBD?
Dr Simon Morgan

Millie, a 32-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a five week history of diarrhoea...

Supporting alcohol-free pregnancy and safe breastfeeding
Supporting alcohol-free pregnancy and safe breastfeeding
Medcast Medical Education Team

Phillipa, new to your practice, is 36 and presents with an unplanned pregnancy, estimated at 8 weeks gestation. She is generally healthy with no significant history...

Clinical Opal - To CRP or not to CRP? That is the question
Clinical Opal - To CRP or not to CRP? That is the question
Dr Simon Morgan

Sally, a 41-year-old primary school teacher, presents to you with a six-week history of being “tired all the time”...

Examination of patients presenting following sexual violence within an intimate partner violence relationship
Examination of patients presenting following sexual violence within an intimate partner violence relationship
Dr Maaike Moller

General practitioners (GPs) are often the first contact for patients who are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) including sexual assault.

Clinical Opal #16 - Vaccine preventable disease
Clinical Opal #16 - Vaccine preventable disease
Grace Larson

Jose is a 9 year unvaccinated child with a 5 day history of a low grade fever, cough and sore throat...

Clinical Opal #14 - CVD risk and statins in patients with CKD
Clinical Opal #14 - CVD risk and statins in patients with CKD
Dr Simon Morgan

Graeme, a 64-year-old retired builder, presented to you for repeat prescriptions two weeks previously as a new patient to the practice...