Paediatric Asthma
See RCH Melbourne Guidelines:
Category Respiratory
Bronchopleural Fistula
Bronchopleural fistula is an unnatural communication between the bronchial tree and pleural space as evidenced by continued leak post-pneumothorax. Can be life-threatening and difficult to manage
Decompression Sickness
Decompression sickness, is a form of decompression illness, where a reduction in ambient pressure ('decompression') leads to de no intravascular and extravascular bubble formation with pathological consequences
Respiratory Literature Summaries
Respiratory Literature Summaries
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) is pneumonia occurring in people who had mechanical ventilation within 48 hours of the onset of infection
SARS, MERS and the Coronaviruses
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are novel coronaviruses that cause severe viral pneumonia in humans
Most coronavirus infections are mild respiratory tract infections
Wheeze DDx
Wheeze indicates lower airway obstruction, which can be due to the following factors: luminal; intramural; extramural
Co-oximeter
Co-oximeter: a device that uses spectrophotometry to measure relative blood concentrations of oxyhemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, and reduced haemoglobin
Cleaning Bronchoscope
Cleaning Bronchoscope. The technique described uses the Matrix biofilm remover as a detergent.
Influenza and Pregnancy
Influenza and Pregnancy: known high incidence of morbidity and mortality in mother and foetus in H1N1 infection and severe community acquired pneumonia; multidisciplinary team approach: O&G, NICU, anaesthetics, ICU; planned delivery of foetus (although the teams may have conflicting interests)
Pulmonary Toxicity of Chemotherapy
Pulmonary Toxicity of Chemotherapy
Nosocomial Pneumonia
Nosocomial or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is defined as pneumonia that is not incubating at the time of admission to hospital and develops in a patient hospitalised for >48 hours.