Hiccoughs
Hiccoughs or hiccups refer to frequent involuntary intermittent contraction of the diaphragm, often occurring several times a minute
Category CCC
The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care.
Supra-physiological Oxygenation Literature Summaries
Supra-physiological Oxygenation Literature Summaries
The long-term ICU Patient
The long-term ICU Patient
Acute Confusion in a Diabetic Patient
Acute Confusion in a Diabetic Patient
Acute Non-Traumatic Weakness
Acute non-traumatic weakness may occur as a result of a wide variety of underlying etiologies, many of which are life-threatening
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis is an under-recognised progressive neurological disorder caused by antibodies against NR1-NR2 NMDA receptors; 60% of patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis have the presence of a tumour (most commonly teratoma)
Aseptic Meningitis
Aseptic Meningitis = meningeal inflammation with negative bacterial cultures.
Basilar Artery Occlusion
Basilar Artery Occlusion: the clinical effects will be dependent on: adequacy of collaterals, integrity of the Circle of Willis and the onset of the occlusion; occlusion at the bifurcation will involve the posterior cerebral artery +/- the superior cerebellar artery
GBS vs Myasthenia Gravis vs MND
GBS vs Myasthenia Gravis vs MND
Celecoxib
Celecoxib: COX II inhibitor; blocks access of arachidonic acid to active site at apex of a hydrophobic channel on COX-2
Botulism
Botulism: endotoxins from Clostridium botulinum (and other Clostridia) -> prevents the release of Ach -> neuroparalytic disorder; spore forming anaerobes with heat resistant spores found in soil and marine sediment
Brain Herniation
Brain herniation is the displacement of part of the brain through an opening or across a separating structure into a region that it does not normally occupy.