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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Paediatric Asthma

See RCH Melbourne Guidelines: Acute Asthma Asthma discharge pack Asthma devices photoboard Using a puffer and spacer to treat acute asthma

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Cognitive Dispositions to Respond

Reviewed and revised 8 December 2014 OVERVIEW Cognitive Dispositions to Respond (CDRs) or cognitive biases are:  “Predictable tendencies, or biases, to react to contextual clues that are largely unconscious and may contribute to flaws in reasoning; a mental state that embraces…

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Fluid bolus therapy

Fluid bolus therapy is widely administered to patients with undifferentiated hypotension and for patients with severe sepsis

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Fluid Challenge

The fluid challenge (FC) aims at identifying patients in whom fluid administration improves haemodynamics (known as "fluid responsiveness")

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Adaptive Trial Designs

An adaptive clinical trial involves a study design in which key characteristics are adjusted while enrollment in the trial is ongoing using prospectively defined decision rules and in response to information arising from the data accumulating in the trial

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Chi-square Test

Chi-square Test is used to compare categorical data; often displayed in contingency table with rows (x) and columns (y)

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Clenbuterol toxicity

Reviewed and revised 24 May 2014 OVERVIEW MECHANISM OF ACTION TOXICOKINETICS RISK ASSESSMENT CLINICAL FEATURES Effects include: Complications INVESTIGATIONS (Guided by clinical assessment) Laboratory tests MANAGEMENT Resuscitation Supportive care and monitoring Decontamination Disposition References and Links Journal articles