Mushroom Toxicity
Severe toxicity from mushrooms is rare in humans; most symptomatic presentations are a self-limiting gastroenteritis requiring supportive care only; lethal hepatotoxicity from Amanita mushrooms must be excluded
Category Medical Specialty
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Overview
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) or intra-aortic counterpulsation device the balloon is inflated during diastole to increase coronary perfusion and then deflated during systole to decrease afterload
Nosocomial Pneumonia
Nosocomial or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is defined as pneumonia that is not incubating at the time of admission to hospital and develops in a patient hospitalised for >48 hours.
Pediatric Anaphylaxis
Pediatric Anaphylaxis overview
Long-term cognitive impairment in Critical Illness
Critical illness is associated with a spectrum of neurological failure (largely under-reported), including polyneuropathy, encephalopathy and long-term cognitive impairment after critical illness (LTCI-CI)
Septic encephalopathy
Septic encephalopathy is brain dysfunction mediated by the septic inflammatory response, independent of other co-existent causes such as liver or renal dysfunction
C. H. Joseph Chang
C. H. Joseph Chang (1929 - 2017) was an American radiologist. Chang sign (CXR finding in pulmonary embolus) decribed in 1965
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Procedure (TIPS) involves accessing the internal jugular vein and IVC to place a stent between the hepatic and portal veins using a needle
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless gas produced by incomplete combustion of carbonaceous material. CO poisoning may be acute or chronic
Aeromedical Transport of the Critically Ill
Aeromedical Transport of the Critically Ill; risks of transport has to be weighted up against the benefit offered by facility
Transferring the Critically Ill
Transferring the Critically Ill: key principle is that the standard of care should not decrease during or after retrieval of a critically ill patient
Rhabdomyolysis CCC
Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of skeletal muscle fibres with leakage of potentially toxic intracellular contents into the systemic circulation, characterised by elevated plasma creatine kinase, myoglobinuria and risk of renal impairment