Prior to 1961 drugs were not stringently tested before being introduced to the Australian market. The prevailing view in obstetric care was that medications that were non-toxic to the mother were non-toxic to the developing fetus. This illusion was dramatically and irreversibly shattered in 1961 when Sydney obstetrician Dr William McBride raised the alarm that babies exposed to thalidomide were being born with significant birth defects. The thalidomide tragedy would go on to have seismi...
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Prior to 1961 drugs were not stringently tested before being introduced to the Australian market. The prevailing view in obstetric care was that medications that were non-toxic to the mother were non-toxic to the developing fetus. This illusion was dramatically and irreversibly shattered in 1961 when Sydney obstetrician Dr William McBride raised the alarm that babies exposed to thalidomide were being born with significant birth defects. The thalidomide tragedy would go on to have seismi...
By far the most easily remembered cause of pancreatitis is scorpion stings. But how likely are you to see sting induced pancreatitis in Australia? References: Albuquerue et al 2018 "Acute kidney injury and pancreatitis due to scorpion sting: case report and literature review", Rev Inst Med Trop Sau Pauloa Carter, Murray 2020, "Marbled Scorpion", Australian Museum Webpage Emergency Care Institute NSW 2023 "Bites and Stings" Fletcher et al 2010 "Vesicle-associated Membrane Protein (VAMP) Cl...
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Prior to 1961 drugs were not stringently tested before being introduced to the Australian market. The prevailing view in obstetric care was that medications that were non-toxic to the mother were non-toxic to the developing fetus. This illusion was dramatically and irreversibly shattered in 1961 when Sydney obstetrician Dr William McBride raised the alarm that babies exposed to thalidomide were being born with significant birth defects. The thalidomide tragedy would go on to have seismi...
