Heparin Induced Thrombocytopaenia
Heparin Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopaenia Syndrome (HITTS or HIT)
Category Medical Specialty
Discrepancies between NIBP and Arterial Pressure
Discrepancies between NIBP and Arterial Pressure
Blood Product Compatibility
Blood Product Compatibility
Elder abuse
Elder abuse refers to any form of maltreatment of an older dependent person. The abuser typically has a close relationship to the elderly person
Toxic megacolon
Toxic megacolon is colonic dilation (>6cm) with systemic toxicity, usually due to an acute colitis; can involve the whole colon or only one segment.
Signs of Tetralogy of Fallot
Tetralogy of Fallot; cyanotic congenital heart disease
Myotomes and Differentiating Nerve Lesions
Myotomes and Differentiating Nerve Lesions
Carcinoid Syndrome
Carcinoid tumors are neuroendocrine malignancies typically located in the GI tract; most commonly in the terminal ilium and appendix.
Retroperitoneal haemorrhage
Retroperitoneal haemorrhage is bleeding into the retroperitoneal space, either occurring spontaneously or secondary to an injury or illness
Listeria
Listeria monocytogenes is non-endospore forming, regular, non-branching gram positive bacilli that grows in aerobic and anaerobic conditions
Meningococcemia
Meningococcemia: Neisseria meningitidis bacteraemia -> endotoxin mediated fulminant multi-organ failure; mortality 10-12%
Mucormycosis
Mucormycosis is the unifying term used to describe infections caused by fungi belonging to the order Mucorales (e.g. Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Mucor, and Absidia).