Category Medical Specialty
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Antibiotic Timing

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

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Pacemakers

Pacemakers are devices that detect the electrical activity of the heart and stimulate it to contract at a faster rate.

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Overdrive Pacing

Overdrive pacing = pacing the heart at a higher rate than the native heart rate; VT or VF can result -> always have DC cardioversion available

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Pulmonary Hypertension

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

Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) 340

Sidney Weinstein

Sidney Weinstein (1922 - 2010) was and American neuroscientist and neuropsychologist. Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test and the Weinstein Enhanced Sensory Test

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Haematuria in trauma

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)

Robert Meyer (1864 - 1947) 340

Robert Meyer

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.