Chris Florkowski is a Consultant in Chemical Pathology at Canterbury Health Laboratories in Christchurch, New Zealand and also a Physician. He has held many roles within the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists, including Vice-President of Education and Training. He is currently Chair of the Committee of Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine (c-EBLM) of the International Federation of ...

observed, and was often best supplied when the decision to increase the dose was left to the patient: this must, however, depend on an assessment of each individual's personality. Antibiotics given early during infections of the upper respiratory tract also appeared to reduce the risk of serious relapse. We reiterate the view that long-term steroid therapy is a valuable form of treatment, but i...

This analysis of a case of a bereaved patient that poses two treatment options-watchful waiting or medication-focuses on five "polarities" in clinical practice: (1) the normal and the pathological, (2) the individual and the diagnostic collective, (3) the primary care physician and the consultant, (4) the expert and nonexpert, and (5) the moment and the process. These polarities can accentuate ...

About the lead author (Dr Weiner): I am a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Children’s Hospital Boston (CHB)/Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the CHB representative and a chartermember of the HMS Section on Disaster Medicine. I have been a National Disaster Medical Systemmember on the Disaster Medical Assistance Team, the International Medical Surgical Response Team, and the Pediatric S...

Dr. Rodica Pop-Busui is Professor of Internal Medicine, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, and Co-Director of the Neuropathy Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Andrew J. M. Boulton is Professor of Medicine, University of Manchester, and Consultant Physician, Manchester Royal Infirmary...

New-onset pancytopenia can be caused by a wide variety of etiologies, leading to a diagnostic dilemma. These etiologies range from congenital bone marrow failure to marrow space-occupying lesions, infection, and peripheral destruction, to name a few. Bone marrow examination, in addition to a detailed clinical history, is often required for an accurate diagnosis. The purpose of this review is to...