Trauma and Pregnancy Redux
One of the patients seriously injured in a multi-vehicle pile up is pregnant. What are the implications for radiological imaging and decision-making in trauma management?
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LITFL Clinical Case Collection. Over 250 Q&A style clinical cases to assist Just in Time Learning and Life Long Learning. Cases are categorised by specialty and can be searched by keyword from the database table
Trauma and Pregnancy
One of the patients seriously injured in a multi-vehicle pile up is pregnant. What are the implications for trauma management?
Roman Breastplate
Burns were sustained by a 35 year-old man from a house fire. They are extensive and severe, affecting his trunk and upper limbs. He undergoes escharatomy.
A Fiendish Finding
A 21 year old female presents with acute onset of unrelenting abdominal pain and vomiting four years after a major motor vehicle accident. A chest X-ray is performed:
A bashed head
A 27 year-old male was involved in head on collision at high speed. He was GCS 8 at the scene.
Another complication of facial trauma
A 27 year old male with head and extensive facial trauma is admitted to the intensive care unit after a neurosurgical intervention for an acute subdural haemorrhage. There has been difficulty with oxygenation in the operating theatre.
It’s not a bird or a plane…
18 year old man day 7 in ICU after jumping from a building. Tracheostomy performed the day before. Acute respiratory distress with inability to pass a suction catheter through the tracheostomy tube.
Subungual haematoma
Subungual haematoma: common nail bed injury caused by blunt trauma, effectively treated by trephination with excellent outcomes.
Tonsillitis and the Bull
Just a case of tonsillitis, I've put them in short stay for review ...then you see the pseudomembrane, hear the gurgling and think diphtheria
Fever, Arthralgia and Rash
Tropical and Travel Case 010, Fever, Arthralgia and Rash in a traveler from Bali. Could it be Dengue?
Humongous HIV Extravaganza
Tropical Travel Trouble is a series of clinical cases that you may see in the tropics or your own ED from the dreaded returned traveller. HIV
Total TB Extravaganza
What is tuberculosis (TB)? This tropical travel clinical case extravaganza covers aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of TB