Month January 2019
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

How to analyse a clinical trial

Clinicians must be able to critically appraise clinical trials to determine their internal validity. Trials should adhere to the CONSORT statement (CONsolidated Standards of Reporting Trials)

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Pleural Tap

Pleural Tap: Thoracocentesis; Diagnostic - determine the cause of pleural effusion. Therapeutic - remove excess pleural fluid to assist respiration and provide symptomatic relief.

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Intubation of the GI bleeder

Massive GI hemorrhage presents multiple challenges during intubation: obscured view of vocal cords; risk of aspiration; risk of haemorrhagic shock and haemodynamic instability; risk to staff from contact with body fluids

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Paediatric Anaesthetic Equipment

AIRWAY ADJUNCTS Oropharyngeal Airways Nasopharyngeal Airways Facemasks LMA INTUBATION EQUIPMENT Laryngoscopes Tracheal Tubes ANAESTHETIC BREATHING SYSTEMS AYRE’S T-PIECE WITH JACKSON REES MODIFICATION BAIN SYSTEM CIRCLE ABSORPTION SYSTEM Mechanical Ventilation References and Links

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) includes: endometritis, chorioamnionitis, intra-amniotic infection syndrome, salpingitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, pelvic cellulitis, pelvic peritonitis

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy = dilated cardiomyopathy of unknown cause that occurs in the peripartum period; rare (1 in 15,000 deliveries); fatal in up to 50% of patients