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.
Category Medical Specialty
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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.
PaO2/FiO2 Ratio (P/F Ratio)
PaO2/FiO2 ratio is the ratio of arterial oxygen partial pressure (PaO2 in mmHg) to fractional inspired oxygen (FiO2 expressed as a fraction, not a percentage)
Bleeding Tracheostomy
Haemorrhage from, or around, a tracheostomy site is both relatively common and potentially life-threatening
Coroner’s clot
The 'Coroner's clot' is an occult clot of blood remaining in the nasopharynx behind the soft palate following local surgery or trauma that has the potential to cause fatal airway obstruction following extubation/ removal of a supraglottic airway device (SAD)
Urine Drug Screen
The urine drug screen, or urine toxicology screen, is a qualitative assay performed to indicate the presence or absence of a suspected drug
Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (mCPR)
Mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation (mCPR) devices are automated devices that provide chest compression during cardiac arrest, without the need for human-performed manual compression.
Contrast Induced Nephropathy
Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is most commonly defined as renal impairment or acute kidney injury occurring within 48 hr of administration of intravascular radiographic contrast material that is not attributable to other causes
Contrast Agents
OVERVIEW Contrast agents are substances used in medical imaging as to enhance the contrast or the distinction between different tissues. aka contrast medium RADIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST AGENTS Composition Currently available agents contain a tri-iodinated benzene ring (either monomeric or dimeric; ionic…
Narrow Complex Tachycardia
Narrow Complex Tachycardia: two main categories: 1. AV node independent; 2. AV node dependent
Myocarditis
Myocarditis: inflammation of heart muscle -> lymphocytic and fibroblast infiltration + myocyte necrosis
Myocardial Stunning
Myocardial Stunning = temporary cardiac muscle dysfunction secondary to an insult (ischaemia, hypoxia, very high afterload); can be focal or global