CCC Update 003
CCC Update 003 features the glycocalyx, septic emboli, VBG v ABG, splenectomy care, antibiotic timing, storage lesions, submassive PE & lit summaries.
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 002
CCC Update 002 features a raft of changes in the wake of the TTM trial, as well as adaptive trial designs, ammonia, quorum sensing, Stenotrophomonas multophilia, obesity in trauma, and antibiotic timing.
ABC of CXR Interpretation
Additional reading from Normal CXRs; Eric Strong Interpretation series; the DRABCDE approach; CXR for the OSCE and of course the Top 150 CXR to try your luck!
If the lights go out…
If the light on the laryngoscope fails, clean contact between blade and handle, check bulb is screwed in place securely. If this fails, use a spoon
Normal Chest X-Ray
Labelled normal anatomy chest X-ray to assist in interpretation review
DRSABCDE of CXR Interpretation
Chest X-Rays (CXR) are routine investigation in clinical practice and consequently it is important for medical students and clinician’s alike to know how to interpret them. There are many approaches to CXR interpretation, each trying to ensure that key abnormalities are identified and no area is overlooked.
CCC Update 001
An update on what's new and what's been polished up a bit in the Critical Care Compendium. We highlight topics on tracheostomy, ventilator discontinuation and extubation.
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: USE OF THIS APPROACH This approach is suitable for patients with: It is not…
Cannula cricothyroidotomy
Reviewed and revised 21 July 2021 OVERVIEW airway rescue procedure allowing transtracheal oxygenation aka needle cricothyroidotomy INDICATIONS “Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate” scenario occasionally performed semi-electively if difficult intubation and/or preoxygenation is anticipated CONTRA-INDICATIONS local infection non-identifiable anatomy (e.g. severe obesity), distortion due…
ANZICS NZ Regional Meeting 2017
This page collates the resources for my talks at the ANZICS New Zealand Regional Meeting in Wellington, 2017.
Acute Aortic Syndrome
OVERVIEW Chest pain with ischemic symptoms and haemodynamic compromise can occur acutely due to a spectrum of aortic pathologies known as the acute aortic syndrome the rate of aortic rupture is higher in penetrating atheromatous ulcer (42%) and intramural hematoma…