Clinical Examination of the Critically Ill
Pros and cons of clinical examination of the critically ill
Month January 2019
Animal Encounters and Disease
Animal Encounters and Disease; transmission of zoonoses
Carcinoid Syndrome
Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine malignancies typically located in the GI tract; most commonly in the terminal ilium and appendix.
Retroperitoneal haemorrhage
Retroperitoneal haemorrhage is bleeding into the retroperitoneal space, either occurring spontaneously or secondary to an injury or illness
Lemierre syndrome
Lemierre syndrome is thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular (IJ) vein and bacteraemia caused by primarily anaerobic organisms, following a recent oropharyngeal infection
Listeria
Listeria monocytogenes is non-endospore forming, regular, non-branching gram positive bacilli that grows in aerobic and anaerobic conditions
Malaria
malaria is a protozoan infection caused by Plasmodium species that are transmitted by female anopheles mosquitoes, severe forms of which can lead to multi-organ dysfunction and death
Meningococcemia
Meningococcemia: Neisseria meningitidis bacteraemia -> endotoxin mediated fulminant multi-organ failure; mortality 10-12%
Mucormycosis
Mucormycosis is the unifying term used to describe infections caused by fungi belonging to the order Mucorales (e.g. Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Mucor, and Absidia).
Multi-Resistant Bacteria Outbreak
Multi-Resistant Bacteria Outbreak: this is an infection control emergency; notify ICU staff and ID team
Multi-Resistant Organisms (MROs)
Multi-Resistant Organisms (MROs)
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma lack a peptidoglycan cell wall: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the smallest free-living organism capable of self-replication