Question A 27-year-old female presents to the Emergency Department after a collapse at work that was followed by a brief tonic-clonic seizure. She is 30 weeks pregnant with no previous pregnancies or other significant medical history. She currently localises bilaterally…
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A 45-year-old male is admitted to the Emergency Department after ingesting an unknown quantity of “headache tablets”. His initial complaints are nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath and tinnitus. Fluid resuscitation has been commenced.
Broad overview of the complicated process of conducting a clinical trial. Conducting a clinical trial can be conceptualised as having 14 key steps
Non-experimental observational study design used to assess the effect of an intervention based on comparison of outcomes prior to its use and afterward
Subgroup analysis involves assessing an association between an intervention (or other factor) and a subset of the patients that were exposed. Subgroup analysis can be decided upon a priori or performed post hoc
Types of study design arranged by level of evidence, from low to high
Bronchopleural fistula is an unnatural communication between the bronchial tree and pleural space as evidenced by continued leak post-pneumothorax. Can be life-threatening and difficult to manage
Decompression sickness, is a form of decompression illness, where a reduction in ambient pressure ('decompression') leads to de no intravascular and extravascular bubble formation with pathological consequences
The effect of medications on thyroid function tests.
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Pulse Oximeter: measurement of arterial oxygen-haemoglobin saturation (SaO2) — denoted SpO2 when measured by pulse oximetry