Category LITFL
Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799 – 1854) 1

Karl Adolph von Basedow

Karl Adolph von Basedow (1799 – 1854) was a German general practitioner, surgeon and obstetrician. Described Basedow (Graves) disease 1840

Meow-Meow Mephedrone

Mephedrone is a new stimulant drug being abused on the street, and has recently been discovered in Australia. The following review provides emergency clinicians with assessing managing patients under the influence of mephedrone.

I’m Just Trying To Get Clean Bro’

Muttered shadows pervade the lugubrious intermission chamber with a festive rainbow of illicit degustations. Red tablets, green pills, yellow capsules, white poppers, purple hum-dingers and now…pure bath salts.

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Capnography Waveform Interpretation

Capnography waveform interpretation can be used for diagnosis and ventilator-trouble shooting. The CO2 waveform can be analyzed for 5 characteristics:–Height–Frequency–Rhythm–Baseline–Shape

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Blood Warmer

Blood Warmer: Used with rapid transfusion rates (e.g. >50 mL/kg/hr), in already hypothermic patients or rare conditions where cold fluid delivery is problematic (e.g. cold agglutinins); massive transfusion (avoid hypothermia)

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Blood gas syringe

Blood gas syringe: used for blood gas analysis; collection of a blood sample for accurate analysis by a blood gas machine

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Blood filter

Blood filter: removal of microaggregates during blood transfusion; platelet, leucocyte and fibrin aggregates form in stored blood and are thought to produce pulmonary microembolism -> pulmonary dysfunction