Category CCC
The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.
CCC Update 004
CCC Update 003
CCC Update 002
ABC of CXR Interpretation
If the lights go out…
Normal Chest X-Ray
DRSABCDE of CXR Interpretation
CCC Update 001
Alexander Tietze
Therapeutic Hypothermia
This page requires revision OVERVIEW the currently preferred term for therapeutic hypothermia is targeted temperature management (TTM) induced hypothermia successfully used in cardiac surgery -> protects against global cerebral ischaemia (deep hypothermic arrest) described since the 1950s in various clinical…
Intubation of the Neurocritical Care Patient
Revised and reviewed 29 March 2017 OVERVIEW The semi-elective intubation of neurocritical care patients requires a modified technique to avoid the harmful consequences of intubation, which include: an exaggerated reflex sympathetic response to laryngoscopy hypotension due to induction agents exacerbation of…