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Category FFS
LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

Erythroderma

These patients will be at high risk from a range of potentially life threatening complications that relate to the high degree of skin inflammation. The condition constitutes a true dermatological emergency and requires prompt resuscitation and referral to a dermatologist.…

LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

Refeeding Syndrome

Refeeding Syndrome is the term used to describe the adverse metabolic effects and clinical complications when a starved or seriously malnourished individual commences feeding via oral enteral or parenteral routes.
LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

Mastitis

Acute mastitis is usually associated with lactation and is frequently due to Staphylococcus aureus. It should be distinguished from simple “congestive mastitis” (breast engorgement).
LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

Emergency contraception

Despite more than a decade of non-prescription availability of levonorgestrel, emergency contraception is currently underutilized in Australia and elsewhere in the world. Three pharmacological methods of emergency contraception are available: 1.         Progestin-only (levonorgestrel) method: ●          This method differs from the…

LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Hyperemesis gravidarum consists of the most common cause of persistent severe nausea and vomiting before 20 weeks of pregnancy and the most common cause of hospitalization during the first half of pregnancy
LITFL Fellowship Finishing School FFS 680

Ovarian torsion

Ovarian torsion refers to the complete or partial rotation of the ovary on its ligamentous supports, often resulting in ischaemia. Ovarian Torsion is a true gynaecological emergency that requires urgent surgical intervention to prevent ovarian necrosis.