Month January 2019
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

SARS, MERS and the Coronaviruses

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are novel coronaviruses that cause severe viral pneumonia in humans
Most coronavirus infections are mild respiratory tract infections

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Wheeze DDx

Wheeze indicates lower airway obstruction, which can be due to the following factors: luminal; intramural; extramural

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Advanced Life Support

KEY FEATURES CAB rather than ABC (30:2) 2 min cycles early, high quality, uninterrupted at least 100/min (rather than around) avoid excessive ventilation early defibrillation (higher joules for cardioversion) amiodarone after 3rd shock adrenaline every 4 minutes (every 2nd cycle)…

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

COATPEGS

COATPEGS is an acronym used as a memory aid for the important types of metabolic disturbance

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Percutaneous Valve Replacement

Leon MB et al. Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation for aortic stenosis in patients who cannot undergo surgery. N Engl J Med. 2010 Oct 21;363(17):1597-607 [PMID 20961243] 30% of patients with AS can’t under go surgery c/o co-morbidity TAVI developed, first performed…

CICM Exam Library 340

CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q18

Questions 18. A previously fit and well 24 year old man sustained an isolated C5-C6 spinal injury following a diving accident resulting in a tetraplegia. The spinal fracture was surgically fixed the following day and the patient was extubated on…

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Capnography in Cardiac Arrest

Current ILCOR guidelines advise that capnography is useful during cardiac arrest resuscitation. ETCO2 can be used as a surrogate marker of cardiac output

Neurological Mind Boggler 340

Medically cleared?

A young woman is 'talking to voices' and is admitted to the psychiatric unit. Does she have a mental illness, or is something else going on?