How to analyse a clinical trial
Clinicians must be able to critically appraise clinical trials to determine their internal validity. Trials should adhere to the CONSORT statement (CONsolidated Standards of Reporting Trials)
Category CCC
The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.
Acute Pulmonary Hypertension: Causes
Causes of Acute Pulmonary Hypertension
Pleural Tap
Pleural Tap: Thoracocentesis; Diagnostic - determine the cause of pleural effusion. Therapeutic - remove excess pleural fluid to assist respiration and provide symptomatic relief.
Intubation of the GI bleeder
Massive GI hemorrhage presents multiple challenges during intubation: obscured view of vocal cords; risk of aspiration; risk of haemorrhagic shock and haemodynamic instability; risk to staff from contact with body fluids
Paediatric Anaesthetic Equipment
AIRWAY ADJUNCTS Oropharyngeal Airways Nasopharyngeal Airways Facemasks LMA INTUBATION EQUIPMENT Laryngoscopes Tracheal Tubes ANAESTHETIC BREATHING SYSTEMS AYRE’S T-PIECE WITH JACKSON REES MODIFICATION BAIN SYSTEM CIRCLE ABSORPTION SYSTEM Mechanical Ventilation References and Links
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) includes: endometritis, chorioamnionitis, intra-amniotic infection syndrome, salpingitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, pelvic cellulitis, pelvic peritonitis
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome OHSS: exogenous human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) used to induce ovulation prior to harvesting
Renal and Urological Toxicity of Chemotherapy
Renal and Urological Toxicity of Chemotherapy: chronic renal failure; acute renal failure; renal tubular dysfunction; haemorrhagic cystitis; dysuria
Obstetric and Gynaecology Literature Summaries
Obstetric and Gynaecology Literature Summaries
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy = dilated cardiomyopathy of unknown cause that occurs in the peripartum period; rare (1 in 15,000 deliveries); fatal in up to 50% of patients
Physiology of Pregnancy
Physiology of Pregnancy
Pneumonia in Pregnancy
Pneumonia in Pregnancy: 2 patients; treatment dependent on stage of pregnancy (first trimester: avoidance of teratogenicity, third trimester: prevention of pre-term labour)
signs of severe sepsis may be masked by normal pregnancy changes