Temporary Pacemaker Troubleshooting
Temporary Pacemaker Troubleshooting. Problems with pacing: output failure, failure to capture. Problems with sensing: oversensing, undersensing and Pacemaker syndromes
Temporary Pacemaker Troubleshooting. Problems with pacing: output failure, failure to capture. Problems with sensing: oversensing, undersensing and Pacemaker syndromes
The mantra for timing of antibiotics for serious infections is 'hit hard, early and appropriately'. Despite the strong biological plausibility of a need for early antibiotics in patients with serious bacterial infections the importance of antibiotic timing is controversial
Pacemakers are devices that detect the electrical activity of the heart and stimulate it to contract at a faster rate.
Overdrive pacing = pacing the heart at a higher rate than the native heart rate; VT or VF can result -> always have DC cardioversion available
Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) is present when mean pulmonary artery pressure exceeds 25 mm Hg at rest or 30 mm Hg with exercise. Primary PHT is a relatively rare idiopathic condition; Secondary PHT is usually due to cardiac or respiratory cause
A ferocious spider lives in the brain. His name is Willis!
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Haematuria in trauma may be microscopic (with or without symptoms) or macroscopic. In general, the greater the degree of hematuria the greater the risk of significant intra-abdominal injury (including non-urinary tract structures)
Increased Intracranial Pressure in TBI; normal ICP 7-15mmHg
sustained increases > 20mmHg is associated with ischaemic brain injury
Extradural ICP monitor: ICP monitoring; catheter inserted though a burr hole but does not penetrate the dura
Codman ICP Monitor: intracranial pressure monitor (aka 'BOLT')
Robert Meyer (1864-1947) was a gynaecologist and pathologist. Eponymously affiliated with the Weigert-Meyer rule he described in 1907. Meyer was recognised world wide as one of the founders of gynaecological pathology and for his contributions to embryology.