Category CCC

The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.

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Dystonia DDx

Overview Dystonia is a movements disorder characterized by abnormal postures or twisting or repetitive movement caused by sustained contractions of opposing muscles Causes Focal Segmental Generalised

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Horner syndrome DDx

Horner syndrome is associated with an interruption to the sympathetic nerve supply of the eye. It is characterized by the classic triad of miosis, partial ptosis, and anhidrosis +/- enophthalmos

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Meningism DDx

Meningism is resistance to neck flexion due to painful spasm of extensor muscles resulting from meningeal irritation

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Abdominal pain DDx

Acute abdomen is abdominal pain in the presence of tenderness and rigidity and is a surgical emergency. Abdominal pain can be considered in terms of surgical, Ob/Gyn and medical causes.

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Weight loss DDx

Weight loss can be voluntary or involuntary, in the latter case appetite may be increased or decreased.

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Gynaecomastia DDx

Gynecomastia results from increased oestrogens, decreased androgens or drugs that mimic these effects. Differential diagnosis

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Hypoglycemia

There is no universally accepted definition of hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose). Clinically significant hypoglycemia is confirmed by the presence of ‘Whipple triad’

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Confidence Intervals

Confidence intervals are the range around the sample mean within which you predict the means of the population to lie