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Acute porphyria

26/04/2024 by Bob Dunn

The Uncommon causes of abdominal pain page has been updated with additional information about acute porphyrias.

Categories Updates Tags Abdominal
Bilirubinuria
Pre-eclampsia

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Associate Professor Robert Dunn

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Associate Professor Meredith Borland
Dr Deborah O'Brien
Dr Stuart Dilley
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Associate Professor Deborah Leach

Formula of the day

The femoral vein is on average 6.5 mm from the skin in children < 2/12 of age.

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Two weeks in ICU before death can prevent you having to have an hour of difficult conversation with the family in the ED

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