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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Haemoptysis

Haemoptysis is the symptom of coughing up blood. Massive haemoptysis is life-threatening emergency - patients do not usually bleed to death, they asphyxiate

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Pneumothorax CCC

Spontaneous – primary (no disease) and secondary (underlying lung disease)
Traumatic - non-iatrogenic and iatrogenic (barotrauma and procedure related)

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Routine Daily Chest X-ray

Routine Daily Chest X-ray: controversial issue; viewed as an essential tool but is subject to overuse and misinterpretation; no evidence of harm from a more restrictive strategy

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Gastrointestinal haemorrhage

GI haemorrhage is divided into upper GI haemorrhage and lower GI haemorrhage based on the underlying cause and differences in the approach to management

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Toxicology Literature Summaries

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING Scheinkestel, C.D. et al (1999) “Hyperbaric or normobaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning: a randomized controlled clinical trial” Med J Aust, 170:203-210 Weaver, L.K. et al (2002) “Hyperbaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning” NEJM 347:1057-1067…

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Benzylpiperizine

Benzylpiperizine: hallucinogenic stimulant with similar effects to amphetamines and MDMA; once studied as an antihelminthic agent but abandoned due to side effects

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Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa = chronic, severe, multi-system disorder which is rooted in a fear of becoming overweight with deliberate weight loss