MRI and the Critically Ill
MRI and the Critically Ill: Restricted access to patients; Remote monitoring; MR compatible equipment; Safety of patients and staff; Getting the highest quality scan possible
OVERVIEW microscopy and culture is useful in community acquired diarrhoeal syndromes (not useful otherwise) in-hospital:— blood = ischaemic bowel or surgical cause— diarrhoea = rule out Clostridium difficile infection MICROSCOPY parasites, cysts, ova: giardia, cryptosporidium, blastocystis red and white cells:…
OVERVIEW Prothrombin Time Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Thrombin Time Fibrinogen Fibrin Degradation Products (FDP’s) APTT 50% NP Retiplase Time Euglobin Lysis Time Urea solubility Test PROTHROMBIN TIME thromboplastin added tests the extrinsic pathway ratio compared to control (INR) tests factors:…