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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Lupus Anticoagulants

OVERVIEW Lupus Anticoagulants -> result in acquired hypercoagulability due to poorly understood actions ? alteration of the regulation of haemostasis and endothelial cell injury ASSOCIATIONS MANAGEMENT (1) APTT (2) dilute Russell viper venom time (3) silica clotting time(4) kaolin clotting…

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Thyroid Storm

Thyroid Storm: life threatening exacerbation of hyperthyroid state with 1 or more organ dysfunction

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Pheochromocytoma

Pheochromocytoma: paraganglioma -> catecholamine producing tumours; associated with: MEN, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, neurofibromatosis and familial paragangliomas

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Haemolytic anaemia

Reviewed and revised 27 October 2016 OVERVIEW Definition Haemolytic anaemia is anemia due to shortened survival of red blood cells (RBCs) in the circulation Normal RBC lifespan is about 120 days, therefore it is useful to think of hemolytic anemia…

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Haematological Emergencies

almost all haematological malignancies are curable with modern treatments such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and bone marrow transplantation

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Antiphospholipid Syndrome

antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is diagnosed by the occurrence of thrombosis or pregnancy morbidity in combination with detectable antibodies