Inhaled Foreign Body
Inhaled Foreign Body: passage of a foreign body into the respiratory tract; potentially life-threatening
Category Medical Specialty
Early Management of the Critically Ill Child
Early Management of the Critically Ill Child: most common cause is sepsis; always think of congenital conditions though (heart disease or metabolic disorders)
Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Obstruction
Superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction impairs venous return through the SVC to the right atrium and has many causes, usually mediastinal masses or complications of SVC lines
Coarctation of Aorta
Coarctation of Aorta: congenital condition characterised by narrowing of the aorta near the site where the ductus arteriosus (ligamentum arteriosum after regression) inserts.
Pulmonary Toxicity of Chemotherapy
Pulmonary Toxicity of Chemotherapy
Neurological Toxicity of Chemotherapy
Neurological Toxicity of Chemotherapy: Encephalopathy; Cerebellar Syndrome; Myelopathy; Peripheral Neuropathy; Stroke and Venous Thrombosis; SIADH
Metabolic Toxicity of Chemotherapy
Metabolic Toxicity of Chemotherapy: Disorders related to the Tumour; disorders related to Anticancer Agents
Paediatric Burns
Paediatric Burns: Basic assessment and management
Paediatric Dehydration Assessment
The most useful individual signs for predicting 5% dehydration in children are an abnormal capillary refill time, abnormal skin turgor and abnormal respiratory pattern. Combinations of examination signs provide a much better method than any individual signs in assessing the degree of dehydration.
Paediatric Hypothermia
Paediatric Hypothermia predisposition: radiation (large surface area to volume ratio, large head); convective (repeated examinations with exposure to atmosphere); conductive (loss of heat into bed); thermoregulatory response altered (sedation or paralysis, neurological injury)
Paediatric Trauma
Paediatric Trauma
Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Priorities: precise assessment of brain injury + associated injury; protection against secondary brain injury; management of ICP