Chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: primum non nocere.

Chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: primum non nocere.

The vast majority of children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, dramatic though their signs may be at presentation, remit within weeks, with or perhaps despite medical attention. Such children, when referred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hackney Road by their family doctor, or appearing in the busy casualty department, have a careful history taken with particular emphasis given to th...

Primum non nocere.

The attending surgeon, still dressed in his tuxedo, was clearly drunk; the patient, dressed in a revealing party gown, had also had a few drinks. I was the junior resident on surgical call. I never dared to ask how the diagnosis was made but, somehow, during the party, the surgeon learned that she had an inflamed superficial varicosity of her upper thigh. He told her that she needed to have thi...

Primum non nocere.

Primum non nocere

Primum Non Nocere