Normal Chest X-Ray
Labelled normal anatomy chest X-ray to assist in interpretation review
Category CCC
The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.
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…
Strong Ion Difference
Strong Ion Difference - The quantitative approach to acid-base chemistry is also known as the physicochemical method or the Stewart approach
Hyponatraemic Seizures
Seizures and hyponatremia in a 10 year-old boy - can you answer the questions and find the solutions to the case-based questions in this laboratory tester?
Young and Yellow
Fulminant hepatic failure is defined as the appearance of hepatic encephalopathy in a patient with acute deterioration of liver function with no previous history of liver disease.
Ammon Anyone?
You've just been handed over a patient who has an altered mental status when the phone rings. It's the lab - you're told that your patient has a serum ammonia level of 250 umol/L (reference range, 11-35 umol/L). WTF?