The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.
Regardless of the underlying cause of the illness, the provision of meticulous supportive care is essential to the management of any critically ill patient. Back in 2005, Jean Louis Vincent popularised the FAST HUGS mnemonic for recalling the key issues to review when looking after a critically ill patient.
Professor Owler discusses his experience in his various roles to achieve successful outcomes both in terms of health policy as well as legislative changes. He will discuss the role of doctors in this process and how to interact with government, media and stakeholders to achieve better outcomes for patients and the community.
Critical Care Compendium - The C-IMPLE approach to regional nerve block
Right Ventricular Function and Haemodynamic Assessment Echocardiography
History of the Development, and widespread adoption, of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) or Swan-Ganz catheter
Flavia Machado discusses Pandemic Sepsis and Inequality. Coda Cure: Conversation 4
Simon Finfer answers the question "Are the Covid19 and Sepsis Syndromes one and the same?" Coda Cure: Conversation 3
The Resistance - Antimicrobial Resistance through a Covid19 lens with Elizabeth Hermsen. Coda Cure: Conversation 2
The ECG is important in the assessment and management of poisoned patients for: screening; diagnosis; prognosis; and monitoring progression to guide management and disposition
Pandemic Sepsis Research through a Covid-19 lens - Are we failing? with Derek C. Angus. Coda Cure: Conversation 1
Why science by press release is bad, despite optimism about the findings of the Recovery trial and the role of dexamethasone in the management of COVID-19.
Disseminated viral infection causing fever, lymphadenopathy, and acute eruption of painful, monomorphic clustered vesicles