Adverse Drug Reactions
Adverse Drug Reactions
The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.
Adverse Drug Reactions
Paediatric Rapid Sequence Intubation. RSI is used to secure the airway quickly with an endotracheal tube and to prevent chance of regurgitation and aspiration
Paediatric Analgesia: Basic doses
Paediatric Access Options in Cardiac Arrest
Inhaled Foreign Body: passage of a foreign body into the respiratory tract; potentially life-threatening
Early Management of the Critically Ill Child: most common cause is sepsis; always think of congenital conditions though (heart disease or metabolic disorders)
Croup = acute laryngotracheobronchitis: parainfluenza, influenza or RSV; oedema of larynx, trachea and bronchi
Congenital Heart Disease: multiple types of CHD; classified as acyanotic or cyanotic; and according to the presence of shunt
Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction impairs venous return through the SVC to the right atrium and has many causes, usually mediastinal masses or complications of SVC lines
Coarctation of Aorta: congenital condition characterised by narrowing of the aorta near the site where the ductus arteriosus (ligamentum arteriosum after regression) inserts.
Pulmonary Toxicity of Chemotherapy