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The LITFL Critical Care Compendium is a comprehensive collection of pages concisely covering the core topics and controversies of critical care. Currently there are over 1,500 entries with more in the works, and all the pages are being constantly revised and improved.

Critical Care Compendium
Category	Title of post	Keywords
Pharmacology	Levetiracetam	keppra, antiepileptic, seizure, status epilepticus, TBI
Pharmacology	Desmopressin	DDAVP, diabetes insipidus, hypernatraemia, hypernatremia, DI, pituitary failure, brain death
Pharmacology	Clevidipine	Cleviprex, Anti-hypertensive, hypertension, hypertensive crisis, blood pressure control, BP
Ultrasound	Airway Ultrasound	Airway, USS, sonography, clinical ultrasound
Haematology	Modifications to blood components	Red blood cells, transfusion, massive transfusion, blood products, transfusion reaction, haematology, hematology
Haematology	Fibrinogen Concentrate	RiaStap, factor I, massive transfusion, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, TEG, ROTEM
Haematology	Platelets	Haemorrhage, hemorrhage, massive transfusion, plt, bleeding, thrombocytopenia
Haematology	Red cells	Red Blood Cells, RBCs, Packed Red Blood Cells, PRBCs, red petrol, anaemia, anemia, transfusion, pharmacology
Cardiology	Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)
Cardiology	Thrombolysis for submassive pulmonary embolus
Viva	Equipment and Procedure Viva
Viva	Communications Viva
Ventilation	Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilation	Volutrauma
Ventilation	Volume versus Time Graph
Ventilation	Ventilator Waveform Analysis
Ventilation	Ventilation Literature Summaries
Ventilation	Transpulmonary pressure	(TPP) oesophageal manometry, esophageal pressure, Pes
Ventilation	Spontaneous Breathing Trial	Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT), minimal ventilator settings, difficulty weaning, wean from mechanical ventilation
Ventilation	Spontaneous breathing and mechanical ventilation
Ventilation	Setting Up A Ventilator
Ventilation	Selective Lung Ventilation	DLT, double lumen, single, lung separation, independent
Ventilation	Recruitment Manouvres in ARDS	manouver, recruitment
Ventilation	Pulmonary Mechanics
Ventilation	Protective lung ventilation	low tidal volume
Ventilation	Prone Position and Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilation	Pressure versus Volume Loop
Ventilation	Pressure versus Time Graph
Ventilation	Positive End Expiratory Pressure	PEEP
Ventilation	Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony
Ventilation	PaO2- FiO2 Ratio
Ventilation	Open lung approach to ventilation	high PEEP, recruitment
Ventilation	Non-invasive ventilation for weaning
Ventilation	Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)
Ventilation	Neuromusclular Blockade in ARDS
Ventilation	Modes of Ventilation
Ventilation	Mechanical Ventilation Overview
Ventilation	Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation	Indications, Complications
Ventilation	Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilation	Intrinsic PEEP
Ventilation	Interruptions of Sedation	Daily, mechanically ventilated patients
Ventilation	Indices that predict difficulty weaning
Ventilation	Improving Oxygenation in ARDS
Ventilation	High Frequency Ventilation (HFV)
Ventilation	High Frequency Oscillation Ventilation (HFOV)
Ventilation	High airway and alveolar pressures, pressure alarm
Ventilation	Flow Volume Loops
Ventilation	Flow versus Time Graph
Ventilation	Extubation Assessment in ICU
Ventilation	Extubation Assessment in ED
Ventilation	Dynamic Presure-Volume Loops
Ventilation	Driving pressure
Ventilation	Difficulty weaning from mechanical ventilation
Ventilation	Difficulty Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilation	Auto Triggering of the Ventilator
Ventilation	ARDSnet Ventilation Strategy
Ventilation	Airway Pressure Release Ventilation	APRV
Ventilation	Adjunctive Respiratory Therapies
Ventilation	Adaptive Support Ventilation	ASV
Ventilation	A-a gradient	alveolar, arterial, oxygen, oxygenation
Vascular	Vascular surgery literature summaries
Vascular	Vascath misplacement	Intra-arterial misplacement of a vascath, Vascath into an artery
Vascular	Renal failure Post AAA Repair
Vascular	Myocardial ischemia post AAA repair
Vascular	Hypertension post AAA repair
Vascular	Cervical artery dissection	carotid, vertebral
Vascular	Carotid endarterectomy
Vascular	Abdominal aortic aneurysm	AAA
Upper GI	TIPSS	Transjugular Intrahepatic Porto-systemic Shunt Procedure
Upper GI	Post-hemihepatectomy care	Pringle Manoeuvre
Upper GI	Pancreatitis
Upper GI	Cholecystitis
Upper GI	Acalculous cholecystitis
Traumatic brain injury	Traumatic Brain Injury Prognosis	TBI
Traumatic brain injury	Traumatic brain injury Overview	TBI
Traumatic brain injury	Traumatic Brain Injury Monitoring	TBI
Traumatic brain injury	Traumatic Brain Injury Management	TBI
Traumatic brain injury	Traumatic brain injury Literature Summaries	TBI
Traumatic brain injury	Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment	TBI
Traumatic brain injury	Temperature and TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury, hypothermia
Traumatic brain injury	Polyuria and Traumatic Brain Injury	TBI
Traumatic brain injury	Moderate head injury	severity, traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury	Lund Concept in TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury	Limitations of CT Head in TBI	Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury	Increased ICP in TBI	TBI, intracranial pressure
Traumatic brain injury	Diabetes insipdus due to TBI	DI, head injury, traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury	Brain Impact apnoea	apnea, TBI, hypoxia, hypercapnia, hypercarbia, catecholamine sure
Traumatic brain injury	Base of skull fracture	BOS#, Battle
Trauma	Trauma Scoring Systems
Trauma	Trauma Mortality and the Golden Hour
Trauma	Trauma Literature Summaries
Trauma	Thoracic trauma
Trauma	Spleen trauma	Splenic injury grading
Trauma	Spinal cord anatomy and syndromes
Trauma	Smoke inhalation	airway burn, pneumonitis, carbon monoxide, cyanide, methemoglobinemia
Trauma	Retroperitoneal hemorrhage	haemorrhage, spontaneous
Trauma	Refractory shock in trauma
Trauma	REBOA in resuscitation	resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta
Trauma	RAPTOR suite	hybrid unit, Resuscitation with angiography, percutaneous techniques and operative repair
Trauma	Prevention of Electrocution
Trauma	Pre-peritoneal packing
Trauma	Post-traumatic seizures	prophylaxis, phenytoin, levetiracetam
Trauma	Permissive hypotension	penetrating trauma
Trauma	Pelvic Trauma: Angiography And Embolisation
Trauma	Pelvic Trauma
Trauma	Pelvic Stabilization
Trauma	Pelvic Fracture Classification
Trauma	Pelvic Arterial Injury
Trauma	Pediatric trauma patient
Trauma	Obesity and Trauma
Trauma	Major Haemorrhage in Trauma
Trauma	Liver trauma	Hepatic injury grading
Trauma	Lightning injury
Trauma	Kidney trauma	Renal injury grading
Trauma	Ketamine RSI in head injury	rapid sequence intubation, RSI, TBI, traumatic brain injury
Trauma	Initial trauma assessment
Trauma	Inhalation injury
Trauma	Haemostatic resuscitation, hemostatic
Trauma	Haematuria in trauma
Trauma	Finger thoracostomy
Trauma	Fat embolism syndrome
Trauma	Facial trauma
Trauma	Extremity injuries	life-threatening, limb-threatening, crush syndrome, degloving, amputation, neurological compromise
Trauma	Extremity arterial injury	haemorrhage, hemorrhage
Trauma	Emergency thoracotomy
Trauma	Electrical injury
Trauma	Digital Rectal Exam in trauma	(DRE) in Trauma, PR, per rectum exam
Trauma	Diaphragm injury	diaphragmatic rupture
Trauma	Damage Control Resuscitation	Damage Control Surgery
Trauma	Crush Syndrome	injury
Trauma	Compartment syndrome
Trauma	Cervical spine fractures
Trauma	Cervical spine assessment
Trauma	Burns Literature Summaries
Trauma	Burns
Trauma	Blunt cardiac injury
Trauma	Aortic injury investigation
Trauma	Analgesia in chest trauma
Trauma	Acute traumatic spinal cord injury
Trauma	Abdominal trauma
Trauma	Abdominal CT vs DPL
Transplant	Infections occurring post-transplantation
Transplant	Acute Transplant Issues
Toxinology	Tick paralysis	ixodid hard tick, acarology
Toxinology	Spider envenoming
Toxinology	Snakebite envenoming
Toxinology	Scombroid poisoning	fish, marine
Toxinology	Plant toxicity	poisoning, herbal
Toxinology	Mushroom toxicity	poisoning, fungi
Toxinology	Marine envenoming	jellyfish, octopus, fish
Toxinology	Does antivenom work?	Redback, RBS
Toxinology	Ciguatera poisoning	marine, ciguatoxin
Toxicology	Urine drug screen	Urine drug screens, urine toxicology screens, UDS, urine toxicology screens
Toxicology	Tricyclic antidepressant overdose	TCA, overdose, sodium channel
Toxicology	Toxicology literature summaries
Toxicology	Toxic Alcohol Ingestion	Isopropanol, isopropyl alcohol, Ethylene Glycol, Methanol
Toxicology	Theophylline toxicity	methylxanthines
Toxicology	Sympathomimetic toxidrome
Toxicology	Sympatholytic toxidrome
Toxicology	Sodium valproate overdose
Toxicology	Sodium channel blocker toxicity
Toxicology	Serotonin syndrome
Toxicology	Sedative toxidrome
Toxicology	Salicylate toxicity
Toxicology	Polonium
Toxicology	Paraquat poisoning
Toxicology	Organophosphate poisoning	OGP
Toxicology	Opioid withdrawal
Toxicology	Opioid overdose
Toxicology	Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Toxicology	Monamine Oxidase inhibitor toxicity	MAOI
Toxicology	Methanol toxicity
Toxicology	Methaemoglobinaemia
Toxicology	Malignant hyperthermia	hyperpyrexia, Michael Denborough
Toxicology	Local anesthetic toxicity
Toxicology	Liver transplant for paracetamol toxicity
Toxicology	Liver failure in toxicology
Toxicology	Lithium toxicity
Toxicology	Isoniazid toxicity	hydrazine, pyridoxine
Toxicology	Iron overdose	desferrioxamine
Toxicology	Hypoxaemia in toxicology
Toxicology	Hyperthermia-associated toxidromes	Hyperthermia-associated toxidromes, serotonin syndrome, anticholingeric syndrome, sympathomimetic syndrome, neuroleptic malignant syndrome, malignant hyperthermia
Toxicology	Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning
Toxicology	High-dose insulin euglycaemic therapy (HIET)
Toxicology	Glucagon as an Antidote
Toxicology	GI Decontamination	gastrointestinal, whole bowel irriagtion, induced emesis, gastric lavage, charcoal activated
Toxicology	Gastric lavage
Toxicology	Evidence-based Toxicology
Toxicology	Ethylene glycol toxicity
Toxicology	Ethanol intoxication	abuse, dependence
Toxicology	Enhanced elimination
Toxicology	ECG in Toxicology
Toxicology	Drug withdrawal syndromes in ICU
Toxicology	Digoxin Toxicity and Stone Heart Theory	calcium
Toxicology	Digoxin toxicity	acute, chronic
Toxicology	Cyanide poisoning	Dicobalt edetate, Hydroxocobalamin, sodium thiosulfate
Toxicology	Corrosive ingestion
Toxicology	Cocaine-associated chest pain	Levamisole
Toxicology	Cocaine toxicity	Levamisole
Toxicology	Clenbuterol toxicity	steroid, anabolic
Toxicology	Citrate toxicity
Toxicology	Cholinergic syndrome
Toxicology	Carbon monoxide poisoning
Toxicology	Carbamazepine toxicity
Toxicology	Calcium channel blocker toxicity
Toxicology	Beta blocker overdose	sotalol, propanolol
Toxicology	Benzylpiperazine
Toxicology	Barbiturate overdose
Toxicology	Approach to acute poisoning
Toxicology	Antidote Summary
Toxicology	Anticholinergic syndrome
Toxicology	Amphetamine toxicity
Toxicology	Alcohol withdrawal
Toxicology	Acute paracetamol toxicity	King's College Criteria
Template	Critically Evaluate Template
Template	Compare and Contrast Template
Template	Clinical Management Template
Template	Adverse Outcome Template
Technology	Gizmo idolatry
Shock	Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome	MODS, multiorgan failure, MOF, Multi Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, MODS, Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome
Shock	Mitochondrial dysfunction	Mitochondrial disease
Sepsis	Unresolved Sepsis	antibiotic treatment failure
Sepsis	Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines 2012
Sepsis	Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines 2008
Sepsis	Steroids and Septic Shock Literature Summaries
Sepsis	Septic encephalopathy
Sepsis	Septic emboli
Sepsis	Septic cardiomyopathy
Sepsis	Sepsis Pathophysiology
Sepsis	Sepsis Overview
Sepsis	Sepsis Literature Summaries
Sepsis	Sepsis Definitions	SIRS, PIRO, severe sepsis, septic shock
Sepsis	Sepsis biomarkers
Sepsis	Lactate clearance versus ScvO2 monitoring in sepsis
Sepsis	Initial Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock
Sepsis	Immunomodulatory agents in sepsis	CORTICUS, statin, Activated Protein C, steroids
Sepsis	Fever, friend or foe
Sepsis	Early goal directed therapy in sepsis
Sepsis	Catecholamine excess	Beta Blockade and Critical Illness, sepsis, adrenergic receptor
Rheumatology	Systemic Lupus Erythematosus	SLE
Rheumatology	Scleroderma
Rheumatology	Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology	Polyangiitis ÛÒ MPA, GPA, EGPA	Wegener granulomatosis, Microscopic Polyangitis, ChurgÛÒStrauss syndrome
Retrieval medicine	Transferring the critically ill
Retrieval medicine	Ideal transport monitor
Retrieval medicine	Ideal helicopter ventilator
Retrieval medicine	Aeromedical transport of the critically ill
Resuscitation	Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest	Targeted temperature management, TTM, OOHCA, IHCA, cardiac arrest, therapeutic hypothermia, out of hospital cardiac arrest
Resuscitation	Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion	SAAP
Resuscitation	Resuscitation Team Leader
Resuscitation	Resuscitation literature summaries
Resuscitation	Pulseless Electrical Activity	PEA, pulseless electrical activity, EMD, electromechanical dissociation
Resuscitation	Post-hypoxic myoclonus	PHM, anoxic, Lance-Adams Syndrome, MSE, myoclonic status epilepticus
Resuscitation	Post-cardiac arrest syndrome
Resuscitation	Post Cardiac Arrest Care
Resuscitation	Perimortem caesarian section	cesarian, hysterotomy
Resuscitation	Paediatric Life support	ARC, australian resuscitation council
Resuscitation	Paediatric anaphylaxis
Resuscitation	Newborn resuscitation	neonatal, ARC, australian resuscitation council
Resuscitation	Mechanical CPR	Mechanical CPR (mCPR), automated chest compression device, lucas, zoll, autopulse
Resuscitation	Intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia	(IATH), intra-arrest cooling
Resuscitation	Inotropes, vasopressors and other vasoactive agents
Resuscitation	Immediate Post-ROSC Management
Resuscitation	ILCOR Guidelines Changes (2010)
Resuscitation	Hypovolaemia, hypovolemia
Resuscitation	Fluid responsiveness
Resuscitation	Drugs for cardiac arrest	medications, vasopressors, bicarbonate, anti-arrhythmics
Resuscitation	Drowning
Resuscitation	Corticosteroids in refractory shock
Resuscitation	Compression only CPR
Resuscitation	Chain of Survival
Resuscitation	Cessation of CPR	when to stop resuscitation
Resuscitation	Capnography in Cardiac Arrest	CO2, carbon dioxide
Resuscitation	Basic life support	ARC, BLS, australian resuscitation council
Resuscitation	ARC Guideline changes (2006)	ARC, australian resuscitation council
Resuscitation	Anti-arrhythmic drugs and cardiac arrest
Resuscitation	Anaphylaxis
Resuscitation	Advanced life support	ARC, ALS, australian resuscitation council
Respiratory	Wheeze
Respiratory	Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Respiratory	Ventilator Associated Lung Injury	VALI, Ventilator Induced Lung Injury, VILI
Respiratory	Upper airway obstruction
Respiratory	Surgical Emphysema
Respiratory	SARS, MERS and the Coronaviruses
Respiratory	Routine Daily CXR	chest x-ray
Respiratory	Respiratory Literature Summaries
Respiratory	Pulmonary embolism
Respiratory	Pneumothorax
Respiratory	Pneumonia in Immunocompromised
Respiratory	Pneumonia in Heart-Lung Transplant
Respiratory	Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome
Respiratory	Oxygen-Haemoglobin Dissociation Curve	oxy-Hb dissociation curve, HbO2, hemoglobin
Respiratory	Oxygen saturation targets in critical illness
Respiratory	Oxygen extraction ratio
Respiratory	Oxygen and CO2 Retention in COPD	carbon dioxide retainer
Respiratory	Open lung biopsy
Respiratory	Obstructive Sleep Apnoea	apnea
Respiratory	Nosocomial pneumonia
Respiratory	Nonresolving or Progressive Pneumonia
Respiratory	Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and Asthma
Respiratory	Neurogenic pulmonary edema	oedema, NPE
Respiratory	Negative pressure pulmonary edema	oedema, NPPE
Respiratory	Lung transplant
Respiratory	Lung abscess
Respiratory	Leukotriene receptor antagonists
Respiratory	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis	IPF, Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia IIP, UIP
Respiratory	Hyperbaric oxygen
Respiratory	High Altitude illness	acute mountain sickness, high altitude cerebral edema (HACE), high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), high altitude retinal haemorrhages
Respiratory	Haemoptysis	hemoptysis
Respiratory	Electrical impedence tomography	thoracic, chest, lung, EIT
Respiratory	Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage
Respiratory	Diaphragmatic Palsy
Respiratory	Decompression Sickness
Respiratory	Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia	BOOP, Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organising Pneumonia
Respiratory	Community Acquired Pneumonia	CAP, SMART COP, SMARTCOP
Respiratory	Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease	COPD, COAD, CORD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis
Respiratory	Burns, Oxygenation and Ventilation
Respiratory	Bronchopleural Fistula
Respiratory	Bronchiectasis
Respiratory	Aspiration Pneumonitis	Mendelson syndrome
Respiratory	Aspiration Pneumonia
Respiratory	ARDS Literature Summaries	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Respiratory	Acute Severe Asthma
Respiratory	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Definitions	ARDS
Respiratory	Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	ARDS
Research	Validity of Clinical Research	trial
Research	Types of research studies
Research	Surrogate outcomes
Research	Subgroup analysis
Research	Standardised mortality ratio	SMR
Research	Risk and Numbers needed to treat	NNT, absolute risk, relative risk
Research	Retrospective studies	cohort, observational, chart review
Research	Receiver Operating Characteristics Curve	ROC curve, diagnostic test
Research	Randomised control trials	RCT, RCTs
Research	Randomisation
Research	Quantitative data types and tests
Research	Qualitative data types and tests
Research	Publication Practices Distort Science	economics
Research	Propensity Score Analysis
Research	Practice Misalignment
Research	Power and Sample Size	Calculation
Research	Phases of Clinical Research	Trials
Research	Odds ratio
Research	Meta-analysis and systematic review	forrest plot
Research	Medical Reversal
Research	Measures of variability	confidence interval, standard error, standard deviation
Research	Measures of central tendency
Research	Logistic regression analysis	regression coefficients
Research	Linear regression and Correlation	Spearman's rank, rho
Research	Levels and grades of evidence	NHMRC, Oxford
Research	Interpretative biases
Research	Intention to treat analysis
Research	Intensive Care Outcomes
Research	Incidence and prevalence
Research	ICU Scoring Systems	APACHE, SOFA, MDM, TISS, GCS, SAPS, POSSUM
Research	ICU Outcomes
Research	How to conduct a clinical trial
Research	How to analyse a clinical trial	CONSORT
Research	Hazard Ratio, Median Ratio and Kaplan-Meier Curves	estimator
Research	Fragility Index
Research	Fishers exact test
Research	Evidence based medicine
Research	Error in Research
Research	Early stopping of clinical trial
Research	Dogma and Pseudoaxioms
Research	Diagnostic Tests in Research	decision making, diagnosis, likelihood ratio, sensitivity, specificity, positive, negative, predictive value, Fagan Nomogram
Research	Data distributions	binomial, poisson, standard normal distribution
Research	Confounding	Confounders
Research	Confidence intervals
Research	Chi square test
Research	Case reports and case series
Research	Case control studies
Research	Blinding and Allocation Concealment
Research	Bias in Research	clinical trials
Research	Before-and-after studies	study design
Research	APACHE versus SOFA	scoring systems
Research	Animal and laboratory studies	knowledge translation
Research	Adaptive Trial Designs	Bayesian, adaptive clinical trial
Renal	RRT Types	Renal replacement therapy, RTT
Renal	RRT troubleshooting	Renal replacement therapy, RTT
Renal	RRT terminology and nomenclature	Renal replacement therapy, RTT
Renal	RRT principles in fluid management	Renal replacement therapy, RTT
Renal	RRT prescription	Renal Replacement Therapy
Renal	RRT Indications	Renal replacement therapy, RTT, timing and patient selection for, dialysis, CVVH, CRRT, renal repalcement therapy
Renal	RRT Dose	Renal replacement therapy, RTT
Renal	RIFLE Criteria and AKIN Classification	AKI, acute kidney injury
Renal	Rhabdomyolysis
Renal	Renal tubular acidosis	RTA, Uraemic Acidosis, uremic
Renal	Renal transplant patient
Renal	Renal literature summaries
Renal	Renal disease biomarkers
Renal	Regional citrate anticoagulation
Renal	IHD vs SLEDD vs CVVHF
Renal	High volume haemofiltration
Renal	Hepatorenal syndrome
Renal	End-Stage Renal Failure	ESRD, ESRF, CKD, Chronic Kidney Disease
Renal	CRRT circuit clot prevention	Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Circuits
Renal	Contrast Induced Nephropathy	CIN
Renal	Antibiotic dosing in renal replacement therapy	RRT
Renal	Acute kidney injury
Radiology	Interventional radiology and the critically ill
Radiology	Contrast Agents	Contrast agents, CT, MRI, medical imaging, radiographic, iodine-based, gadolinium
Psychiatry	De-escalation	verbal, aggressive behaviour, behavioural emergency, violence, violent
Psychiatry	Capacity and Competence
Psychiatry	Anorexia nervosa
Procedures	Standard Precautions
Procedures	Pleural tap	thoracocentesis
Procedures	General Preparation for Procedures
Procedures	Foley Catheter Balloon Tamponade
Procedures	Administer Injections
Pharmacology	Weights in Pharmacology
Pharmacology	Warfarin
Pharmacology	Vasopressin
Pharmacology	Vancomycin
Pharmacology	Tranexamic acid	TXA
Pharmacology	Tramadol
Pharmacology	Tirofiban	IIb/IIIa antagonist, anti-platelet
Pharmacology	Thiopentone
Pharmacology	Therapeutic drug monitoring	TDM, therapeutic window
Pharmacology	Terlipressin
Pharmacology	Tenecteplase	TNK-tPA, Pulmonary Embolism, Stroke Thrombolysis, Thrombolysis, STEMI, STEACS
Pharmacology	Tazocin	piperacillin-tazobactam
Pharmacology	Sugammadex
Pharmacology	Sucrulfate
Pharmacology	Statins in Critical Illness
Pharmacology	Spironolactone	K+, potassium sparing, aldosterone blockade
Pharmacology	Sotalol	beta-blocker, beta blocker
Pharmacology	Sodium valproate
Pharmacology	Sodium nitroprusside
Pharmacology	Sildenafil	phosphodiesterase inhibitor
Pharmacology	Rifampicin
Pharmacology	Rib fracture epidural versus opioids
Pharmacology	Ranitidine
Pharmacology	Prothrombinex	Haemorrhage, hemorrhage, massive transfusion, bleeding, TEG, ROTEM, warfarin reversal, factor deficiency, coagulopathy
Pharmacology	Protamine
Pharmacology	Prostacyclin and epoprostenol	eicosandoids
Pharmacology	Propofol infusion syndrome
Pharmacology	Propofol
Pharmacology	Physostigmine	anticholinesterase
Pharmacology	Phenylephrine
Pharmacology	Pharmacology and Critical Illness
Pharmacology	Pharmacokinetics and ECMO	extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Pharmacology	Paracetamol in Critical Illness
Pharmacology	Paracetamol
Pharmacology	Oxygen	hyperoxia and Oxygen toxicity
Pharmacology	Opioids	opiates, opioid receptor, mu, kappa, delta, opiod, opiate, opiates
Pharmacology	Omeprazole
Pharmacology	Octreotide
Pharmacology	Obesity and pharmacokinetics
Pharmacology	NSAIDs	Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Pharmacology	Noradrenaline	norepinephrine
Pharmacology	Nitric oxide
Pharmacology	New oral anticoagulants (NOACs)	dabigatran, rivaroxaban, direct thrombin inhibitors, Factor Xa inhibitors
Pharmacology	Naloxone	opioid receptor antagonist
Pharmacology	N-acetylcysteine	glutathione supplementation
Pharmacology	Morphine
Pharmacology	Milrinone	inodilator
Pharmacology	Midazolam
Pharmacology	methylene blue
Pharmacology	Meropenem	carbapenem
Pharmacology	Medications and thyroid function	TFT, TSH
Pharmacology	Mannitol	osmotic diuretic, Dahlia tubers
Pharmacology	Magnesium
Pharmacology	Low molecular weight heparin	LMWH, cleaxane, enoxaparin
Pharmacology	Lithium
Pharmacology	Linezolid	oxazolidinone
Pharmacology	Lignocaine	Lidocaine
Pharmacology	Levosimendan versus dobutamine
Pharmacology	Levosimendan	Calcium sensitizer, inotrope, inodilator
Pharmacology	Ketamine
Pharmacology	Intralipid
Pharmacology	Imipenem
Pharmacology	Hypertonic saline
Pharmacology	Heparin	unfractionated, UFH
Pharmacology	Glucagon Therapy
Pharmacology	GI drug absorption in critical illness	gastrointestinal
Pharmacology	Gentamicin
Pharmacology	Frusemide
Pharmacology	Flumazenil
Pharmacology	Fluconazole
Pharmacology	Factor VIIa	rFVIIa, 7, Recombinant Activated factor VII
Pharmacology	Epidural complications
Pharmacology	Drug infusion doses	Infusions, ICU infusions, critical care drugs, Intensive Care, Anaesthetics, Anaesthesia, Anesthesia, Retrieval
Pharmacology	Dopamine
Pharmacology	Dobutamine
Pharmacology	Dipyridamole
Pharmacology	Digoxin
Pharmacology	Digibind	antidote, Digoxin-specific Fab Fragments
Pharmacology	Dexmedetomidine	sedoanalgesia, alpha 2 agonist
Pharmacology	Delivery of beta2 agonists in intubated patients	bronchodilators
Pharmacology	COX II inhibitors	COX-2 inhibitor
Pharmacology	Co-trimoxazole	Cotrimoxazole
Pharmacology	Clopidogrel
Pharmacology	Classification of vasoactive drugs
Pharmacology	Ciprofloxacin	quinolone
Pharmacology	Celecoxib	COX-2 inhibitor
Pharmacology	Ceftriaxone	cephalosporin
Pharmacology	Bosentan	dual endothelin receptor antagonist
Pharmacology	Benzylpenicillin	penicillin G
Pharmacology	Aspirin
Pharmacology	Aprotinin	antifibrinolytic
Pharmacology	Amiodarone
Pharmacology	Alteplase	rTPA, Pulmonary Embolism, Stroke Thrombolysis, Thrombolysis, STEMI, STEACS
Pharmacology	Alkali therapies
Pharmacology	Alfentanil
Pharmacology	Adverse drug reactions
Pharmacology	Adrenaline
Pharmacology	Adenosine
Pharmacology	Activated protein C	drotrecogin alpha, xigris
Pharmacology	Activated charcoal	decontamination
Patient Safety	Patient Safety
Patient Safety	Open disclosure
Patient Safety	Human Factors
Patient Safety	Health of Critical Care Doctors
Patient Safety	Fatigue and the Critical Care Doctor
Patient Safety	Crisis Resource Management	Crisis Resource Management, Crew, CRM
Patient Safety	Consent
Patient Safety	Communication in a crisis
Patient Safety	Cognitive Dispositions to Respond	biases
Patient Safety	Affective Dispositions to Respond	emotional biases
Palliative Care	Patients and Families that want 'Everything' done
Paediatrics	The septic child
Paediatrics	Tetralogy of fallot	RVOT, obstruction, VSD, RVH
Paediatrics	Status epilepticus in children
Paediatrics	Rotavirus
Paediatrics	Pyloric stenosis
Paediatrics	Physiological changes that take place at birth
Paediatrics	Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn
Paediatrics	Paediatric vital signs
Paediatrics	Paediatric traumatic brain injury
Paediatrics	Paediatric Trauma
Paediatrics	Paediatric Rapid Sequence Intubation	RSI in a child
Paediatrics	Paediatric hypothermia
Paediatrics	Paediatric formulae	calculations
Paediatrics	Paediatric dehydration assessment	hydration status
Paediatrics	Paediatric burns
Paediatrics	Paediatric asthma
Paediatrics	Paediatric analgesia
Paediatrics	Paediatric anaesthetic equipment	circle absorption, BAIN, Jackson-Rees, Ayre T-piece, Mapleson F system
Paediatrics	Paediatric access options in cardiac arrest
Paediatrics	Inhaled foreign body
Paediatrics	FEAST and Paediatric Fluid Resuscitation	FEAST, paediatric fluid resuscitation, children, trial
Paediatrics	Effects Of Anaesthetic Agents On The Developing Brain
Paediatrics	Early Management of the Critically Ill Child
Paediatrics	Croup
Paediatrics	Congenital heat disease
Paediatrics	Coarctation of the aorta
Paediatrics	Bronchiolitis
Oncology	Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Obstruction	SVC, Pemberton sign
Oncology	Renal and urological toxicity of chemotherapy
Oncology	Pulmonary toxicity of chemotherapy
Oncology	Neutropaenic Sepsis	Febrile neutropenia, neutropenia, neutropaenic fever, neutropenic
Oncology	Neurological toxicity of chemotherapy
Oncology	Metabolic toxicity of chemotherapy
Oncology	Haematological toxicity of chemotherapy
Oncology	Cardiac toxicity of chemotherapy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	VTE and pregnancy	venous thromboembolism
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Trauma and obstetrics
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Status asthmaticus and pregnancy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Sepsis and Pregnancy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Pregnancy and intensive care
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Pneumonia in pregnancy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Physiology of normal pregnancy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Pelvic inflammatory disease	PID
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome	OHSS
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Obstetric and Gynecology Literature Summaries
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Influenza and pregnancy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	HELLP syndrome	hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Haemorrhage and pregnancy	Hemorrhage
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Ectopic pregnancy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Eclampsia
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	CPR and pregnancy	Cardiac arrest, pregnancy, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, amniotic fluid embolism, AFE, Rescuscitative Hysterotomy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Cocaine toxicity and obstetrics
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Cardiogenic shock and late pregnancy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Burns and pregnancy
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Amniotic fluid embolism	AFE
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Acute respiratory failure
Obstetrics, Gynaecology	Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
Nutrition	Vitamin D in Critical Illness
Nutrition	Total parenteral nutrition	TPN
Nutrition	Thiamine deficiency	beri beri, Wernicke encephalopathy, Korsakoff encephalopathy
Nutrition	Substrate metabolism	rest versus stress
Nutrition	Starvation response
Nutrition	Refeeding syndrome
Nutrition	Prokinetics
Nutrition	Poor nutrition in the critically ill
Nutrition	Periprocedural Fasting	NBM, NPO, procedural sedation, post-operative, general anaesthesia
Nutrition	Overfeeding
Nutrition	Nutritional assessment in the critically ill
Nutrition	TITLE
Nutrition	Nutrition in the Critically Ill Obese Patient
Nutrition	Intolerance to enteral nutrition
Nutrition	Indirect calorimetry
Nutrition	Immunonutrition
Nutrition	Glucose control in ICU
Nutrition	Folate deficiency
Nutrition	Feeding NG versus PEG versus percutaneous jejunostomy	Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Nutrition	Enteral nutrition vs parenteral nutrition
Nutrition	Daily nutritional requirements
Nutrition	Cachexia
Nutrition	Basal metabolic rate
Neurosurgery	Ventriculitis
Neurosurgery	Vasospasm in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage	SAH, hemorrhage
Neurosurgery	Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Prognostication	SAH, hemorrhage
Neurosurgery	Subarachnoid Haemorrhage overview	SAH, hemorrhage
Neurosurgery	Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Initial Management	SAH, hemorrhage
Neurosurgery	Subarachnoid Haemorrhage ICU Management	SAH, hemorrhage
Neurosurgery	Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Grading Systems	SAH, hemorrhage, GCS, Hunt, Hess, Claassen, WFNS, Fisher
Neurosurgery	Subarachnoid Haemorrhage Complications	SAH, hemorrhage
Neurosurgery	Neurosurgery Literature Summaries
Neurosurgery	Monitoring in Subarachnoid Haemorrhage	SAH, hemorrhage
Neurosurgery	Decompressive craniectomy
Neurosurgery	Coiling versus Clipping in SAH	SAH, hemorrhage
Neurosurgery	Cerebral Perfusion Pressure in TBI	CPP, Traumatic Brain Injury
Neurosurgery	Central diabetes insipidus	CDI, nephrogenic
Neurology	Wernicke encephalopathy
Neurology	Watershed infarcts
Neurology	Transverse myelitis
Neurology	Stroke thrombolysis
Neurology	Status epilepticus
Neurology	Spinal cord syndromes
Neurology	Spinal cord infarction
Neurology	Sleep in ICU	disruption, cycle, circadian rhythm, deprivation
Neurology	Sedation in ICU
Neurology	Pupillary abnormalities
Neurology	Pseudocoma
Neurology	Prognosis after cardiac arrest
Neurology	PRES	Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Neurology	Post-operative confusion
Neurology	Oculocephalic and oculovestibular reflexes	caloric testing, Doll'e eye test, phenomenom
Neurology	Non-convulsive status epilepticus
Neurology	Neurology literature summaries
Neurology	Myopathy versus neuropathy
Neurology	Myasthaenia gravis
Neurology	long-term cognitive impairment in critically ill patients, Critical Illness-associated cognitive dysfunction	Critical Illness-associated cognitive dysfunction, LTCI-CI
Neurology	Intracerebral haemorrhage
Neurology	ICU acquired weakness	ICUAW, critical illness myopathy, CIM, critical illness polyneuropathy, CIP,
Neurology	Hypoxic brain injury	ischaemic, ischemic, encephalopathy
Neurology	HSV encephalitis
Neurology	Horner syndrome
Neurology	Hearing loss in ICU	deafness, deaf
Neurology	Guillain-Barre Syndrome	GBS
Neurology	Glasgow Coma Scale	Score, GCS
Neurology	GBS vs Myasthaenia Gravis vs MND	GBS, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, motor neuron disease
Neurology	GBS vs CIP	Guillain-Barre Syndrome, GBS, Critical Illness Polyneuropathy, CIP
Neurology	Eye Movements in Coma
Neurology	Examination of the unconscious patient
Neurology	Electroencephalogram	EEG, Electroencephalography
Neurology	Delirium in ICU
Neurology	Delayed awakening in ICU
Neurology	Decompressive hemicraniectomy for Malignant MCA infarction
Neurology	Continuous EEG Monitoring	EEG, Electroencephalography
Neurology	coma-like syndromes
Neurology	Coma DDx	loss of conciousness, stupor, obtundation, altered mental state
Neurology	Cerebral Venous Thrombosis	cavernous sinus thrombosis, venous sinus thrombosis
Neurology	Cerebral oedema	edema
Neurology	Bulbar dysfunction in ICU
Neurology	Brainstem Rules of Four
Neurology	Brain herniation
Neurology	Botulism
Neurology	Basilar artery occlusion
Neurology	Aseptic meningitis
Neurology	Anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis
Neurology	Acute non-traumatic weakness
Neurology	Acute confusion in a diabetic
Miscellaneous	The long-term ICU Patient
Miscellaneous	Supra-physiological Oxygenation Literature Summaries
Miscellaneous	Mobilisation in ICU
Miscellaneous	Hiccoughs	hiccups
Miscellaneous	Genetics and Critical Illness
Microbiology	Quorum sensing	inter-cellular communication, bacteria
Metabolic	Chloride in Critical Illness	hyperchloremia, hyperchloraemia
Metabolic	Arterial Blood Gas in Hypothermia	ABG, Resuscitation, Environmental, resus
Metabolic	Ammonia and hyperammonaemia	hyperammonemia
Investigations	VBG versus ABG	venous, arterial, blood gas
Investigations	Ultrasound in Critical Care
Investigations	Thyroid Function Tests	TFT, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism
Investigations	Thrombophilia screen	Antithrombin III deficiency, ATIII
Investigations	Thromboelastogram	TEG, thromboelastography, ROTEM
Investigations	Synovial fluid analysis	joint fluid, aspirate
Investigations	Stool specimens	Faeces, feces, stool analysis, specimen
Investigations	Spirometry
Investigations	Spinal imaging
Investigations	Procalcitonin
Investigations	Pleural effusion
Investigations	Platelet function assays	PFA, PFA-100
Investigations	Peritoneal Fluid Analysis	Paracentesis, Ascitic Tap, ascites, exudate, transudate, serum:ascites, ratio, gradient
Investigations	Osmolar gap	osmometers
Investigations	MRI Head
Investigations	MRI and the critically ill
Investigations	Full blood count	complete, examination, picture, FBP, FBE, FBC, CBC, CBE, CBP
Investigations	Evoked Potentials in Critical Care	Somatosensory Evoked Potentials, SSEPs
Investigations	Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate	ESR
Investigations	D-dimer
Investigations	CT Head Interpretation
Investigations	CT Head
Investigations	CT Chest
Investigations	CSF analysis	cerebrospinal fluid, LP, lumbar puncture
Investigations	CRP	C-reactive protein
Investigations	Coagulation profile	screen, coags
Investigations	CK-MB	creatine kinase
Investigations	Chest x-ray interpretation
Investigations	Bone marrow biopsy
Investigations	BNP	brain natriuretic peptide
Investigations	Blood film
Investigations	Bleeding time
Investigations	BHCG, Rhesus D and Progesterone	Rhesus, Progesterone
Investigations	Autoimmune markers
Investigations	Ascitic fluid	Paracentesis, Ascitic Tap, ascites, exudate, transudate, serum:ascites, ratio, gradient
Investigations	ABG	arterial blood gas
Investigations	Abdominal X-ray interpretation	AXR
Investigations	Abdominal X-ray and CT	AXR, Rigler
Investigations	Abdominal ultrasound
Infectious diseases	Waterborne infection
Infectious diseases	Vibrio infection
Infectious diseases	Varicella zoster
Infectious diseases	Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus	VRE
Infectious diseases	Urosepsis
Infectious diseases	Tuberculosis	TB
Infectious diseases	Transmission-based precautions
Infectious diseases	Toxoplasmosis
Infectious diseases	Toxic shock syndrome	Staphylococcal, TSS
Infectious diseases	Tetanus
Infectious diseases	Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Infectious diseases	Staphylococcus aureus	VISA, VRSA, MRSA
Infectious diseases	Standard precautions	universal, body substance isolation
Infectious diseases	Spinal epidural abscess
Infectious diseases	Specific infections and causative organisms
Infectious diseases	Soil-related infections
Infectious diseases	Selective digestive decontamination	SDD
Infectious diseases	Q fever
Infectious diseases	Pressure areas and pressure ulcers
Infectious diseases	Post-splenectomy care
Infectious diseases	Pneumocystis pneumonia	PCP, PJP, jiroveci
Infectious diseases	Other bacteria
Infectious diseases	Nosocomial infections in ICU	healthcare associated infections (HAI)
Infectious diseases	Nocardia, Nocardiosis
Infectious diseases	Needlestick injuries
Infectious diseases	Necrotizing fascititis
Infectious diseases	Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Infectious diseases	Multi-resistent bacteria outbreak
Infectious diseases	Multi-Resistant Organisms	MRO, MROs
Infectious diseases	Mucormycosis	rhizopus, rhinocerebral
Infectious diseases	Minimum inhibitory concentration	MIC, MBC, minimum bactericidal concentration
Infectious diseases	Meningococcaemia
Infectious diseases	Melioidosis
Infectious diseases	Malaria
Infectious diseases	Listeria
Infectious diseases	Leptospirosis	weil disease
Infectious diseases	Lemierre syndrome
Infectious diseases	Influenza
Infectious diseases	Infective endocarditis
Infectious diseases	Infectious disease literature summaries
Infectious diseases	Infections in the immunocompromised
Infectious diseases	HIV and AIDS
Infectious diseases	Healthcare Associated Infections	HAI, HAIs
Infectious diseases	Handwashing in ICU	handwash, nosocomial
Infectious diseases	Hand hygiene
Infectious diseases	Fungi	mycosis, fungal infection, fungus
Infectious diseases	Encephalitis
Infectious diseases	Ebola virus	filovirus, filoviridae, Ebola Haemorrhagic fever, hemorrhagic, disease
Infectious diseases	Definitions in infectious diseases
Infectious diseases	Cryptococcosis	cryptococcal disease, meningitis, cryptococcus
Infectious diseases	CMV infection	cytomegalovirus
Infectious diseases	Classification of antibacterials
Infectious diseases	Cholera
Infectious diseases	Central line infections	CLABSI, CRBSI, cathether, CVC, CVL, venous
Infectious diseases	Cellulitis
Infectious diseases	Candidiasis
Infectious diseases	Bacterial meningitis
Infectious diseases	Aspergillosis
Infectious diseases	Antimicrobial quick reference
Infectious diseases	Antimicrobial kill characteristics	time-dependent, concentration-dependent, killing, antibiotic
Infectious diseases	Antibiotic timing	sepsis, meningitis, pneumonia, delays
Infectious diseases	Antibiotic stewardship	MINDME
Infectious diseases	Antibiotic guideline in ICU
Infectious diseases	Antibacterial resistance
Infectious diseases	Aerobic gram positive bacteria	GPB
Infectious diseases	Aerobic gram negative bacteria	GNB
HOT CASE	Weaning from ventilation HOT CASE
HOT CASE	Weakness hot case
HOT CASE	Transplant patient hot case
HOT CASE	Tracheostomy ready for decannulation HOT CASE
HOT CASE	Subarachnoid haemorrhage hot case	SAH
HOT CASE	Spinal injury patient hot case
HOT CASE	Shock hot case
HOT CASE	Respiratory failure hot case
HOT CASE	Post cardiac surgery hot case
HOT CASE	Polyuria hot case
HOT CASE	Oliguria and anuria hot case	renal failure
HOT CASE	Obstetric patient hot case
HOT CASE	Neutropenic fever hot case	Neutropaenic
HOT CASE	Multi-trauma hot case
HOT CASE	Multi-organ failure hot case	MODS, multi-organ dysfunction syndrome, MOF
HOT CASE	Long stay patient hot case
HOT CASE	Jaundice hot case
HOT CASE	Intra-abdominal catastrophe hot case	acute abdomen
HOT CASE	Hot case templates
HOT CASE	Head injury patient hot case
HOT CASE	General approach to the hot case
HOT CASE	Fever hot case	sepsis
HOT CASE	Extubation assessment HOT CASE
HOT CASE	COPD hot case	emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
HOT CASE	Coma hot case
HOT CASE	Cardiac arrest survivor hot case
HOT CASE	Burns patient hot case
HOT CASE	Brain death hot case
HOT CASE	Bariatric patient hot case	obesity
HOT CASE	AAA repair hot case	abdominal aortic aneurysm
History	History of Emergency Medicine
Hepatology	Molecular Adsorbent Recirculating System	MARS
Hepatology	Acute ascending cholangitis
Haematology	VTE Prophylaxis	Venous Thromboembolism
Haematology	von Willebrand Disease
Haematology	Tumour Lysis Syndrome	tumor lysis
Haematology	Transfusion Literature Summaries
Haematology	TRALI	transfusion related lung injury
Haematology	Thrombocytopaenic Thrombotic Purpura	TTP
Haematology	Thrombocytopaenia	thrombocytopenia, low platelets
Haematology	Storage Lesions
Haematology	Sickle cell crisis	disease, anaemia, anemia, acute chest syndrome, vaso-occlusive disease, acute splenic sequestration, aplastic, priapism
Haematology	Rivaroxaban and bleeding	haemorrhage, bleeding, toxicity, NOAC, eliquis
Haematology	Procedures and Coagulopathy
Haematology	Post-Thrombolysis Haemorrhage	Hemorrhage, bleeding after
Haematology	Porphyria
Haematology	Polycythaemia	polycythaemia rubra vera, Polycythemia
Haematology	Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens	phlegmasia alba dolens
Haematology	Pancytopaenia	Pancytopenia
Haematology	Oozing from a Venepuncture Site
Haematology	Massive Transfusion Protocol
Haematology	Massive Blood Loss
Haematology	Lupus Anticoagulants
Haematology	Leukodepleted Blood	RBC, red blood cells
Haematology	Isolated Elevated APTT
Haematology	Intravenous Immunoglobulin	IV IG
Haematology	HITTS	Heparin Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopaenia Syndrome
Haematology	Hepatic veno-occlusive disease	SOS, VOD, Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome
Haematology	Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis	HLH, syndrome, haemophagocytic
Haematology	Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome	HUS, Therapy-related TTP, Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Haematology	Haemolytic anaemia	anemia, hemolytic, haemolysis, hemolysis
Haematology	Haematology Literature Summaries
Haematology	Haematological Emergencies
Haematology	Erythropoietin	EPO
Haematology	Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Haematology	Dabigatran and Bleeding	Xarelto, NOAC
Haematology	Cryoprecipitate	cryo, factor I, massive transfusion, bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage, TEG, ROTEM
Haematology	Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease	GVHD
Haematology	Bone Marrow Transplantation
Haematology	Blood Transfusion Risks
Haematology	Blood Transfusion in ICU
Haematology	Blood products
Haematology	Blood Product Compatibilities
Haematology	Blood Conservation Strategies
Haematology	Blood Bank	Pre-Transfusion Testing
Haematology	Apheresis, Plasmapheresis
Haematology	Antiphospholipid Syndrome	APLS, antiphospholipid
Haematology	Anaemia
Haematology	Acute Graft Versus Host Disease	GVHD
Haematology	Acute Coagulopathy of Trauma	trauma-induced coagulopathy (TIC), traumatic
Geriatrics	Elder abuse	elderly, neglect
General surgery	TURP syndrome
General surgery	Toxic megacolon
General surgery	Psoas abscess
General surgery	Problems after bariatric surgery
General surgery	Mesenteric ischaemia
General surgery	Ileus
General surgery	Abdominal compartment syndrome
General medicine	Systolic pressure variation	Stroke Volume Variation
General medicine	Signs of tetralogy of fallot
General medicine	Rectal examination	digital, DRE
General medicine	Pulsus alternans
General medicine	Neck stiffness DDx
General medicine	Massive abdominal distention
General medicine	Marfan syndrome
General medicine	Intracranial hypertension signs
General medicine	Heart sound abnormalities
General medicine	Granulomatous diseases
General medicine	Geography and disease
General medicine	Frailty syndrome
General medicine	Elderly and critical care
General medicine	Double peak on arterial pulse
General medicine	Differentiating nerve lesions	Myotomes
General medicine	Cyanosis
General medicine	Clubbing
General medicine	Clinical examination of the critically ill
General medicine	Aortic regurgitation signs
General medicine	Animal encounters and disease	zoonoses
Gastroenterology	Stress ulcer prophylaxis	PPI, PPIs
Gastroenterology	Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis	SBP
Gastroenterology	Portopulmonary syndrome
Gastroenterology	Portal vein thrombosis	superior mesenteric vein, inferior, SMV, IMV, splenic vein
Gastroenterology	Portal hypertension
Gastroenterology	Liver transplantation
Gastroenterology	Liver failure definitions	scoring systems
Gastroenterology	Hepatopulmonary syndrome
Gastroenterology	GI haemorrhage	bleeding, gastrointestinal, upper, lower, hemorrhage
Gastroenterology	Gastrointestinal Literature Summaries
Gastroenterology	Gastric Residual Volume	enteral feeding, intolerance
Gastroenterology	Fulminant hepatic failure
Gastroenterology	Coagulopathy in liver dysfunction
Gastroenterology	Clostridium difficile and PMC	Pseudomembranous Colitis, PMC, Enterocolitis
Gastroenterology	Chronic liver disease
Gastroenterology	Carcinoid syndrome	tumor, tumour
Gastroenterology	Abnormal LFTs post-vascular surgery
Fluids	Perioperative fluid management
Fluids	Passive Leg Raise
Fluids	Glycocalyx in Critical Illness
Fluids	Global Increased Permeability Syndrome	GIPS, capillary leak syndrome
Fluids	Fluid Therapy Literature Summaries
Fluids	Fluid challenge
Fluids	Fluid bolus therapy	sepsis
Fluids	Fluid balance	daily, cumulative, assessment, chart
Fluids	Fluid administration device flow rates
Fluids	Deresuscitation and positive fluid balance	de-resuscitation
Fluids	Assessing fluid status
Fluids	Albumin versus normal saline
Fluids	Albumin
Ethics	Medical futility
Equipment	Wet Circuit
Equipment	Warming blanket	Bair hugger, patient warming system
Equipment	Ventricular Assist Device	VAD
Equipment	Ventilator alarms
Equipment	Vacuum Drain Bottle
Equipment	Urinary Catheterization	Foley, IDC, Indwelling
Equipment	Urinary Catheter	Foley, IDC, Indwelling
Equipment	Tube securing devices
Equipment	Transcutaneous Pacing
Equipment	Transcranial Doppler	TCD, ultrasound, Lindegaard Ratio
Equipment	Tracheostomy tubes
Equipment	Tissue Oxygenation Assessment
Equipment	Tiger tube	self-advancing nasal jejunal enteric feeding, nasojejunal
Equipment	Testing Gas Supply and Suction
Equipment	Temporary Transvenous Cardiac Pacing
Equipment	Temporary Epicardial Cardiac Pacing
Equipment	TED stockings	DVT and VTE prophylaxis, thromboembolic deterrent
Equipment	Swivel connector
Equipment	SvO2 vs ScvO2	venous oxygen saturation, central versus pulmonary
Equipment	SvO2 monitoring	Mixed venous oxygen saturation
Equipment	Site of Temperature Measurement in the Critically Ill
Equipment	Senkstaken-Blackmore and Minnesota Tubes
Equipment	ScvO2 monitoring	Central venous oxygen saturation
Equipment	Rotameter, flow meter
Equipment	Regulator for Medical Suction Outlet
Equipment	Regional Anaesthesia in the Critically Ill
Equipment	Rapid infusion catheter	RIC Line
Equipment	Pulse Oximeter	Pulse Oximetry
Equipment	Pulmonary haemorrhage after PAOP measurement
Equipment	Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure	PAOP, PAWP, Wedging, Pulmonary Artery Occlusion Pressure
Equipment	Pulmonary Artery Catheter	PAC, Swan-Ganz, yellow snake
Equipment	Pressure Monitoring Definitions
Equipment	Pitt Speaking Tube
Equipment	PiCCO
Equipment	Peripheral intravenous cannula	PIVC, venflon
Equipment	Pericardiocentesis
Equipment	PEG tube	Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
Equipment	Passy Muir Valve
Equipment	PAC vs TOE in Shock
Equipment	PAC measurement troubleshooting	pulmonary artery catheter, Swan-Ganz
Equipment	PAC Literature Summaries	Pulmonary Artery Catheter
Equipment	PAC insertion troubleshooting	pulmonary artery catheter, Swan-Ganz
Equipment	Oxylator
Equipment	Oxygen Cylinder	Oxygen, retrieval, equipment
Equipment	Oropharyngeal airway	Guedel, OPA
Equipment	Oesophageal Doppler	Esophageal
Equipment	Non-rebreathing Oxygen Mask	Partial rebreathing, NRB
Equipment	Non-invasive Blood Pressure	NIBP
Equipment	Nerve stimulator	train of four, neuromuscular blockade
Equipment	Nebuliser	Nebulizer
Equipment	Nasopharyngeal airway	NPA
Equipment	Nasogastric and Orogastric Tubes
Equipment	Military Anti-Shock Trousers	MAST, medical anti-shock
Equipment	Mechanical Circulatory Support	Practical Approach
Equipment	McCoy Laryngoscope Blade
Equipment	Magnet
Equipment	Magill forceps
Equipment	Laryngoscope and blades
Equipment	Jugular Bulb Oxygen Saturation
Equipment	IVC Filter	IVC filter, VTE prophylaxis, inferior vena cava
Equipment	Intraosseous needle insertion
Equipment	Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Overview
Equipment	Intra-abdominal pressure monitor	IAP
Equipment	Intermittent Pressurisation Compression	IPC, sequential, pressurization, DVT and VTE prophylaxis
Equipment	Intercostal Drain Insertion	ICC, intercostal catheter
Equipment	Intercostal Catheter	intercostal catheter, ICC, Chest Drain
Equipment	Indications for Extracorporeal Therapies
Equipment	Humidification
Equipment	History of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter	PAC, Swan-Ganz, yellow snake
Equipment	High Flow Nasal Cannula, HFNC, Heated and Humidifed
Equipment	Heliox	helium
Equipment	Heat and Moisture Exchanger
Equipment	Haemoperfusion	hemoperfusion, charcoal
Equipment	Glidescope
Equipment	Gastric Tonometry
Equipment	Flotrac
Equipment	Flexible bronchoscope	Fiberoptic, Lukens
Equipment	Fenestrated Tracheostomy Tube
Equipment	Face masks
Equipment	Extradural ICP monitors
Equipment	External Ventricular Drain	, EVD, ICP monitors
Equipment	ENK Oxygen Flow Delivery System
Equipment	Endotracheal Tube	ETT
Equipment	Endotracheal suction and catheter
Equipment	Emergency Thoracocentesis	thoracentesis
Equipment	Electromagnetic interference
Equipment	Electrical Safety Devices
Equipment	Electrical Concepts and Definitions
Equipment	ECMO Troubleshooting	extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECLS
Equipment	ECMO overview	extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECLS
Equipment	ECMO Literature Summaries	extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, ECLS
Equipment	Double Lumen Endotracheal Tube	Endotracheal Tube, double lumen, DLT
Equipment	NIBP and Arterial Lines Pressure	IABP, intra-arterial, non-invasive, blood pressure
Equipment	Defibrillators
Equipment	Defibrillation pads	paddles
Equipment	CVP Measurement
Equipment	Cuff Pressure gauge
Equipment	CRRT Haemodialysis Filter	RRT, renal replacement therapy, Hemodialysis
Equipment	Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Circuits	CRRT
Equipment	Codman ICP Monitor	bolt
Equipment	Co-oximeter
Equipment	Cleaning Bronchoscope
Equipment	Chest Drainage System	underwater seal
Equipment	Central Venous Catheters	CVC
Equipment	Cardiac Output Measurement	Fick principle
Equipment	Capnography waveform interpretation	CO2, carbon dioxide
Equipment	Capnography and CO2 detectors	CO2, carbon dioxide
Equipment	Bubble CPAP
Equipment	Bronchial blocker
Equipment	Blood warmer
Equipment	Blood gas syringe
Equipment	Blood Gas Analyser	machine, arterial, venous
Equipment	Blood filter
Equipment	Blood Culture Bottles	Collection
Equipment	Bite block
Equipment	BIS Monitoring	depth of anaesthesia, bispectral index
Equipment	Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation	Bag-Mask, BVM, bag-mask-ventilator, Laerdal, Ambu bag
Equipment	Autotransfusion device	cell salvage, cell saver, chest tube
Equipment	Arterial line and Pressure Transducer	Arterial line, IABP, intra-arterial blood pressure
Equipment	Airway exchange catheter	Cook, Aintree
ENT	Ludwig Angina	submandibular space
ENT	Epistaxis
Endocine	Thyroid storm	hyperthyroidism, thyrotoxicosis
Endocine	Stress induced hyperglycemia
Endocine	Steroid conversion
Endocine	Post-parathyroidectomy care
Endocine	Pheochromocytoma
Endocine	Oxidative stress in critical illness
Endocine	Obesity
Endocine	Myxoedema coma	hypothyroidsim
Endocine	Hypothermia
Endocine	Hypokalemic periodic paralysis	Hypokalaemic, K+, potassium
Endocine	Hyperthermia
Endocine	Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State	HHS
Endocine	Heat stroke
Endocine	Glucose control literature summaries
Endocine	Diabetic ketoacidosis	DKA
Endocine	Corticosteroids overview
Endocine	Complications of Obesity	Pathophysiology
Endocine	Alcoholic ketoacidosis
Endocine	Adrenal insufficiency
Electrolytes	Urinary electrolytes
Electrolytes	SIADH vs Cerebral Salt Wasting	Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion
Electrolytes	TITLE	syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion, antidiuretic hormone
Electrolytes	Magnesium Overview	hypermagnesaemia, hypomagnesaemia, hypermagnesemia, hypomagnesemia, magnesium, Mg2+
Electrolytes	Hypophosphataemia	hypophosphatemia, phosphate, PO4
Electrolytes	Hyponatraemia	hyponatremia, sodium Na+
Electrolytes	Hypokalaemia	hypokalemia, potassium, K+
Electrolytes	Hypocalcaemia	hypocalcemia, calcium, ca2+,
Electrolytes	Hyperphosphataemia	hyperphosphatemia, phosphate, PO4
Electrolytes	Hypernatraemia	hypernatremia, sodium Na+
Electrolytes	Hyperkalaemia management	hyperkalemia, potassium, K+
Electrolytes	Hypercalcaemia	hypercalcemia, calcium, ca2+,
Electrolytes	Electrolyte abnormalities summary
Electrolytes	Cerebral salt wasting	renal
Electrolytes	Calcium replacement	calcium, ca2+, advantages, disadvantages
Electrolytes	Calcium metabolism	calcium, ca2+,
Electrolytes	Calcium basics	calcium, ca2+,
Electrolytes	Calcium as an inopressor	inotrope, vasopressor, calcium, ca2+,
Education	In Situ Simulation
Education	Deliberate practice
Echo, ultrasound	Transthoracic echocardiography	TTE
Echo, ultrasound	Transoesophageal echocardiography	TOE, TEE
Echo, ultrasound	Shunts and echocardiography
Echo, ultrasound	RV function echocardiography,	right ventricular, assessment, RV, TTE, TOE, echo, POCUS
Echo, ultrasound	Pulmonary Hypertension echocardiography
Echo, ultrasound	Mitral stenosis echocardiography
Echo, ultrasound	Mitral regurgitation echocardiography
Echo, ultrasound	LV function echocardiography	left ventricular, assessment
Echo, ultrasound	Intracardiac masses echocardiography
Echo, ultrasound	Infective endocarditis echocardiography
Echo, ultrasound	Echocardiography Overview
Echo, ultrasound	Echocardiography in Intensive Care
Echo, ultrasound	Cardiomyopathy echocardiography
Echo, ultrasound	Aortic stenosis echocardiography
Echo, ultrasound	Aortic regurgitation echocardiography	echo
Echo, ultrasound	Aortic dissection echocardiography	TOE, TTE
Echo, ultrasound	Acute Myocardial infarction echocardiography	AMI, echo
Differential diagnosis	Weight loss
Differential diagnosis	Wasting of the small muscles of the hand
Differential diagnosis	VT and VF DDx	ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, flutter
Differential diagnosis	Ventriculomegaly	hydrocephalus, CT head
Differential diagnosis	Urine transparency	turbidity, urinalysis
Differential diagnosis	Urine odour	odor, urinalysis
Differential diagnosis	Urine electrolytes	sodium, anion gap, urinary anion gap UAG
Differential diagnosis	Urine colour	color, urinalysis
Differential diagnosis	Urinalysis
Differential diagnosis	Uric acid	urate
Differential diagnosis	Urea Creatinine ratio	BUN, blood urea nitrogen, BUN-Cr, ratio
Differential diagnosis	Urea	BUN, blood urea nitrogen
Differential diagnosis	Upper Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage	DDX, hemorrhage, GI
Differential diagnosis	Tunnel vision
Differential diagnosis	Tremor
Differential diagnosis	Tracheal displacement
Differential diagnosis	Toxicological causes of cardiac arrest
Differential diagnosis	Toxic agents and abnormal vital signs
Differential diagnosis	Thickened tethered skin
Differential diagnosis	Tachycardia DDx	narrow complex, wide complex, irregular, regular
Differential diagnosis	SVC Obstruction DDx	superior vena cava, pemberton, hugh spear pemberton
Differential diagnosis	Supraventricular tachycardia DDx	SVT, atrioventricular tachydysrhythmia, AVNRT, AVRT
Differential diagnosis	Sudden severe headache	DDX, thunderclap, abrupt onset
Differential diagnosis	Splinter hemorrhage	splinter hemorrhage
Differential diagnosis	Splenomegaly	enlarged spleen
Differential diagnosis	Sore throat	pharyngitis
Differential diagnosis	Small bowel obstruction DDx
Differential diagnosis	Skin tumour	tumor, benign, malignant
Differential diagnosis	TITLE	syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion, antidiuretic hormone
Differential diagnosis	Shoulder pain DDx	radiating down the arm
Differential diagnosis	Shock DDx	cardiogenic, obstructive, distributive, endocrine, spinal, neurogenic, differential diagnosis
Differential diagnosis	Serious skin signs in sick patients	DDX, infarcts, pupura, rash, blisters, vesicles, oral lesions, exfoliatve, pustules, scaling, wheals, facial edema, oedema
Differential diagnosis	Seizures	SICK DRIFTER, epilepsy, status epilepticus, seizure mimics
Differential diagnosis	Scrotal mass
Differential diagnosis	Retinal haemorrhage
Differential diagnosis	Respiratory alkalosis
Differential diagnosis	Respiratory acidosis
Differential diagnosis	Red eye	painful, painless
Differential diagnosis	Rectal mass
Differential diagnosis	Radiculopathy	DDX, nerve root
Differential diagnosis	Pulsus Paradoxus
Differential diagnosis	Pulseless electrical activity DDx	PEA, EMD, pulseless electrical activity, electromechanical dissociation
Differential diagnosis	Pulmonary opacities on CXR	chest x-ray DDX, consolidation, airspace filling, nodular, reticular, reticulonodular
Differential diagnosis	Pulmonary fibrosis DDx	SCHART-S, RASCO
Differential diagnosis	Pseudoinfiltrates on CXR
Differential diagnosis	Pseudofracture DDx	fracture mimics
Differential diagnosis	Post-resuscitation syndrome
Differential diagnosis	Pleural Fluid Analysis	exudate, transudate, gradient, ratio
Differential diagnosis	Peripheral neuropathy DDx	painful, predominately motor, mononeuritis multiplex, DAM IT BICH
Differential diagnosis	Parotid swelling	enlargement
Differential diagnosis	Parkinsonism DDx
Differential diagnosis	Palmar erythema
Differential diagnosis	Optic disc abnormality	papiloedema, optic atrophy, papillitis
Differential diagnosis	Murmurs DDx	systolic, diastolic, continuous
Differential diagnosis	Movement disorders	DDX, hypokinesia, hyperkinesia
Differential diagnosis	Meningism	stiff neck
Differential diagnosis	Medical causes of abdominal pain
Differential diagnosis	Mediastinal widening on portable x-ray	portable chest x-ray, widened mediastinum, AP
Differential diagnosis	Massive haemoptysis DDx	hemoptysis
Differential diagnosis	Malabsorption DDX
Differential diagnosis	Lower Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage	DDX, hemorrhage, GI
Differential diagnosis	Loss of vision	visual loss, blindiness
Differential diagnosis	Liver palpation abnormalities	firm and irregular liver, tender liver, pulsatile liver
Differential diagnosis	Liver Function Tests	LFTs, aminotransferases, AST, ALP, ALT, GGT, LDH
Differential diagnosis	Leg ulcers	Ischaemic ulcer, malignant, Neuropathic
Differential diagnosis	Large bowel obstruction DDX
Differential diagnosis	Laboratory urinalysis	casts, microscopy, culture
Differential diagnosis	Kidney mass	renal mass, enlarged kidney
Differential diagnosis	Intracranial Structures: Contrast Enhancement
Differential diagnosis	Intracranial calcification
Differential diagnosis	Increased Interstitial Markings CXR DDx	Chest X-ray DDX, fine reticular pattern
Differential diagnosis	Hypomagnesaemia	Hypomagnesemia, magnesium, Mg2+
Differential diagnosis	Hypoglyecemia	hypoglycaemia
Differential diagnosis	Hypochloraemia	Hypochloremia
Differential diagnosis	Hypocalcaemia DDx	hypocalcemia, calcium, ca2+,
Differential diagnosis	Hypermagnesaemia	Hypermagnesemia, magnesium, Mg2+
Differential diagnosis	Hyperkalaemia DDx	hyperkalemia, potassium, K+
Differential diagnosis	Hyperchloraemia	Hyperchloremia
Differential diagnosis	Hypercalcaemia DDx	hypercalemia, calcium, ca2+,
Differential diagnosis	Hyperammonemia	hyperammonemia
Differential diagnosis	Horner syndrome
Differential diagnosis	Honeycomb lung DDx	idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, DIP, NIP, UIP, AIP, NSIP
Differential diagnosis	Hirsutism	abnormal hair growth
Differential diagnosis	Hilar enlargement on CXR
Differential diagnosis	Hilar Adenopathy	hilum, lymph, node, gland, CXR
Differential diagnosis	High airway pressures	intubated, ventilated
Differential diagnosis	Hepatosplenomegaly
Differential diagnosis	Hepatomegaly	liver, enlarged, enlargement
Differential diagnosis	Gynaecomastia DDx	gynecomastia
Differential diagnosis	Groin lump	hernia, swelling, mass
Differential diagnosis	Genital ulcers
Differential diagnosis	Gas on abdominal x-ray DDx	RUQ, right upper quadrant gas, pneumoperitoneum, mimics, AXR
Differential diagnosis	Floppy infant	Werdnig-Hoffman, Down syndrome, infantile spinomuscular atrophy (SMA)
Differential diagnosis	Fixed dilated pupil	mydriasis, blown pupil
Differential diagnosis	Facial twitches	DDX, recurrent, hemifacial spasm, Facial myokymia
Differential diagnosis	Eye trauma	blunt, penetrating
Differential diagnosis	Exophthalmos	proptosis
Differential diagnosis	Dystonia	Sydenham, Huntington, chorea
Differential diagnosis	Dysphagia DDx
Differential diagnosis	Dipstick urinalysis	bedside, protein, blood, glucose, leukocyte esterase, nitrites, ketones, bilirubin, urobilinogen, nitrites, specific gravity
Differential diagnosis	Diffuse goitre	thyroid, enlarged, enlargement
Differential diagnosis	Diabetes Insipidus DDx
Differential diagnosis	Dementia
Differential diagnosis	CRP DDx	C-reactive protein
Differential diagnosis	Creatinine
Differential diagnosis	Cranial nerve lesions	palsy, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, multiple
Differential diagnosis	Clubbing
Differential diagnosis	Chorea DDx	Sydenham, Huntington, chorea
Differential diagnosis	Chest pain DDx
Differential diagnosis	Cerebellar disease DDx	cerebellum, midline, unilateral, bilateral, MVPS
Differential diagnosis	Central Pontine Myelinolysis	extrapontine myelinolysis, osmotic demyelination syndrome
Differential diagnosis	Cardiac failure DDx	acute heart failure syndrome, low output, high output
Differential diagnosis	Bulbar and pseudobulbar palsy
Differential diagnosis	Bronchiectasis DDx
Differential diagnosis	Bronchial breath sounds
Differential diagnosis	Bradycardia DDx	narrow complex, wide complex, irregular, regular
Differential diagnosis	Blepharospasm	blinking, facial tics
Differential diagnosis	Bilirubin and jaundice	conjugated, unconjugated
Differential diagnosis	Autoimmune associated diseases
Differential diagnosis	Atrial Fibrillation DDx
Differential diagnosis	Atelectasis	lung collapse, collapsed lung
Differential diagnosis	Ataxia DDx	Friedreich ataxia, Guillain-BarrÌ© syndrome, incoordination
Differential diagnosis	Asterixis	DDx, hepatic flap
Differential diagnosis	Arthritis
Differential diagnosis	Anosmia
Differential diagnosis	Anemia Mind Map	anaemia, hypochromic, normochromic, normocytic, macrocytic, microcytic, iron studies
Differential diagnosis	Anaphylaxis DDx	severe allergic reaction
Differential diagnosis	Acid-Base disorders	approach, osmolar gap
Differential diagnosis	Acanthosis nigricans
Differential diagnosis	Abdominal pain	acute abdomen, tenderness, rigidity
Differential diagnosis	Abdominal mass	swelling
Differential diagnosis	Abdominal distension	swelling
Dermatology	SJS and TEN	MIDI, lyell syndrome, Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
Dermatology	Serious generalised skin disorders	PTSD-D
Dermatology	Pupura fulminans
Decision making	Precautionary Principle and the Kehoe Principle
Decision making	Critical Thinking
Critically Ill	FAST HUGS IN BED Please!
Crisis	Crisis, Crewmanship and CRM
Conference	CICM ASM 2013	social media and the internet: the future of medical education, toxicological myths and half-truths
Communication	Best Case, Worst Case
Clinical governance	WRAP decision making approach
Clinical governance	Treatment Decisions when patients lack competence
Clinical governance	Tissue Donation
Clinical governance	Speaking Up
Clinical governance	Reading to learn
Clinical governance	Physiotherapy in ICU	active cycle of breathing technique
Clinical governance	Physical restraint
Clinical governance	Persistent and Chronic Critical Illness	CCI
Clinical governance	Palliative Care
Clinical governance	Observations Compatible and Incompatible with Brain Death
Clinical governance	Medication Error
Clinical governance	Medical Management of Potential Donors
Clinical governance	Management of the Organ Donation Patient, organ donor
Clinical governance	Learning from Failure
Clinical governance	ICU Ward Rounds	patient care round
Clinical governance	Fundamental Attribution Error
Clinical governance	Fire In ICU
Clinical governance	Evidence-Based Medicine
Clinical governance	End-of-Life Care Family Meeting	GRIEV_ING, SUPPORT, VALUE
Clinical governance	Elaboration and Elaborative Interrogation
Clinical governance	Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD)
Clinical governance	Contraindications to Solid Organ Donation	CHUMP
Clinical governance	Collective Competence
Clinical governance	Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning
Clinical governance	Cognitive Rigidity
Clinical governance	Cognitive load theory
Clinical governance	Chemical restraint	sedation, acute behavioural emergency, violence, agitation
Clinical governance	Breaking Bad News to Relatives	GRIEV_ING, PLIIE,
Clinical governance	Brain Death
Clinical governance	Avoiding Nosocomial Dysthanasia	Eleothanasia
Clinical governance	ANZICS Statement on Death and Organ Donation
Cardiothoracics	Vasoplegia post-cardiopulmonary bypass
Cardiothoracics	Temporary pacemaker troubleshooting	twiddler, failure to capture, sense, pacemaker-mediated tachycardia, sensor indiced tachycardia
Cardiothoracics	Post-pericardiotomy syndrome
Cardiothoracics	Pneumonectomy
Cardiothoracics	Phrenic nerve palsy post-cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	Off pump versus on pump CABG
Cardiothoracics	Oesophageal perforation	Esophageal
Cardiothoracics	Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Cardiothoracics	Indications for adult cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	ICU post-cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	Hypoxaemia post-cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	Hypothermia post-cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	Hypotension post-cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	Hypertension post-cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	Haemorrhage post-cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	Factors determining LIMA flow
Cardiothoracics	Coronary Artery Bypass Graft	CABG
Cardiothoracics	Chylothorax	Pseudochylothorax
Cardiothoracics	Cardiothoracic surgery literature summaries
Cardiothoracics	Cardiopulmonary bypass
Cardiothoracics	Cardiac arrest management post-cardiac surgery
Cardiothoracics	Acute aortic dissection
Cardiology	Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Cardiology	Wide Complex Tachycardia
Cardiology	Wellens Syndrome
Cardiology	Ventricular Tachycardia	VT monomorphic, polymorphic
Cardiology	Ventricular Fibrillation	VF
Cardiology	Vascular gas embolism	VGE, Gas or air, arterial gas embolism, venous gas embolism
Cardiology	Troponin in Critical Illness	high, raised, increased, troponinaemia, troponitis
Cardiology	Syncope
Cardiology	STEMI Management
Cardiology	Severe Heart Failure Management
Cardiology	Right ventricular infarction	RVI, STEMI, infarction MI
Category	CCC Topic
Cardiology	Right Ventricular Failure	RVF, heart failure, RV, cardiac failure
Cardiology	Pulmonary Hypertension
Cardiology	Pulmonary Embolus versus Right Ventricular Infarction
Cardiology	Preload
Cardiology	Pericarditis
Cardiology	Pericardial disease
Cardiology	Percutaneous Valve Replacement Literature Summaries
Cardiology	Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	PCI
Cardiology	PCO2 gap, cvaCO2gap
Cardiology	Pacing Modes	Advantages and Disadvantages, AAI, VVI, DDD,
Cardiology	Pacemakers	AAI, VVI, DDD,
Cardiology	Overdrive Pacing
Cardiology	Open Chest Management	Delayed Sternal Closure
Cardiology	NSTEACS Management	nSTEMI, UPA, unstable angina, non ST elevation acute coronary syndromes
Cardiology	Narrow Complex Tachycardia
Cardiology	Myocarditis
Cardiology	Myocardial stunning
Cardiology	Murmurs and Valve Lesions
Cardiology	Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome
Cardiology	Long QT Syndrome
Cardiology	Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction	LVOTO
Cardiology	Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia
Cardiology	Implantable Cardiac Defibrilators
Cardiology	Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Cardiology	Heart Transplant Patient	NHYA,
Cardiology	Heart Failure Literature Summaries
Cardiology	Heart Block and Conduction abnormalities
Cardiology	Emergent Valve Disorders	myxomatous mitral valve disease, paravalvular dehiscence, aortic, mitral, pulmonary, tricuspid, stenosis, regurgitation
Cardiology	Electrical Storm	Refractory, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia (VF/VT)
Cardiology	Differential Diagnosis of ECG Abnormalities
Cardiology	Contractility	Anrep effect, Bowditch effect
Cardiology	Circulation Assessment
Cardiology	Cement Implantation Syndrome
Cardiology	Causes of Acute Pulmonary Hypertension
Cardiology	Cardioversion in ICU
Cardiology	Cardiovascular Physiology Overview	Frank starling law
Cardiology	Cardiovascular Performance Assessment
Category	CCC Topic
Cardiology	Cardiogenic Shock Literature Summaries
Cardiology	Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy
Cardiology	Cardiac Output
Cardiology	Cardiac Lesions and Severe Clinical Signs	aortic stenosis, mitral stenosis, tricuspid regurgitation, ASD, PDA
Cardiology	Cardiac Biomarkers
Cardiology	Cardiac Arrest Literature Summaries
Cardiology	Beta Blockers to Prevent Perioperative MI	AMI, prevention, myocardial infarction, B blocker
Cardiology	Atrial Fibrillation	CHA2DS2-VASc
Cardiology	Arrhythmias Literature Summaries
Cardiology	Arrhythmias	Arrhythmogenesis, vaughan-williams classification, reentrancy, automaticity,
Cardiology	Arial Natriuretic Peptide
Cardiology	Aortic Regurgitation	AR
Cardiology	AHA/ACC Guidelines (2007)	Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation of Patients Undergoing non-cardiac surgery
Cardiology	Afterload
Cardiology	Acute Coronary Syndromes Literature Summaries
Cardiology	Acute Coronary Syndromes	CRUSADE Score, ACS
Anatomy	Third Cranial Nerve Lesions
Anatomy	Femoral Vein Anatomy
Anatomy	Bronchoscopic Anatomy	Dave Pilcher, lung anatomy, bronchoscope, bronchii, bronchioles
Airway	Video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy
Airway	Video laryngoscopy	Glidescope
Airway	Upper Airway Obstruction in a Child	pediatric
Airway	Unplanned extubation	Unplanned extubation, Self-extubation
Airway	Trismus and Restricted Mouth Opening	Trismus, Restricted Mouth Opening
Airway	Tracheostomy Summary page
Airway	Tracheostomy Literature Summaries
Airway	Tracheostomy Insertion Techniques
Airway	Tracheostomy Complications
Airway	Tracheostomy advantages and disadvantages
Airway	Tracheo-esophageal fistula	Tracheo-esophageal fistula, TOF, oesophageal
Airway	Timing of Tracheostomy
Airway	Three Axis Alignment versus Two Curve Theory
Airway	Swallowing
Airway	Surgical cricothyroidotomy
Airway	Stridor
Airway	SALAD	Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy Airway Decontamination
Airway	Respiratory distress in Tracheostomy Patient
Airway	Rapid Sequence Intubation (RSI)	O2 MARBLES, SOAPME
Airway	Rapid sequence airway and PALM	RSA, pharmacologically assisted laryngeal mask insertion
Airway	Pretreatment drugs for RSI	Rapid Sequence Intubation
Airway	Prehospital RSI	Rapid Sequence Intubation
Airway	Pre-oxygenation
Airway	Post-intubation hypoxia
Airway	Post-intubation care
Airway	Post-extubation stridor
Airway	Peri-intubation life threats	emergency intubation, life threatening, VAPOURS
Airway	Percutaneous versus Surgical Tracheostomy
Airway	Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Airway	Paralytics for Intubation of the Critically ill
Airway	Paediatric Airway
Airway	Nasal intubation
Airway	Laryngospasm
Airway	Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA)
Airway	Intubation, Hypotension and Shock	Intubation, Hypotension and Shock, rapid sequence intubation (RSI)
Airway	Intubation of the GI bleeder	GI haemorrhage
Airway	Intubation in Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage	GI haemorrhage
Airway	Intubating LMA	Intubating LMA, ILMA, Fastrach
Airway	ETT Stylet
Airway	Endotracheal tube cuff leak
Airway	Direct Laryngoscopy	Epiglottoscopy, macintosh
Airway	Difficult airway algorithms	distortion, disproportion, dysmobility, dentition, Vortex approach
Airway	Delayed Sequence intubation
Airway	Cuff Leak Test	Cuff Leak Test, post-extubation stridor
Airway	Cricoid pressure
Airway	Coroner's Clot	Coroner's Clot, nasopharyngeal, epistaxis, hemorrhage, haemorrhage
Airway	Can't Intubate, Can't Ventilate
Airway	Can't Intubate
Airway	Bougie
Airway	Blind digital intubation
Airway	Bleeding tracheostomy
Airway	Bimanual laryngoscopy
Airway	Awake intubation
Airway	Assessment of Swallow in a Tracheostomy Patient
Airway	Apnoeic oxygenation
Airway	Angioedema
Airway	Anatomy for Tracheostomy
Airway	Airway Obstruction
Airway	Airway Management in Major Trauma
Airway	Airway Literature Summaries
Airway	Airway in Neck Trauma	Airway and Neck Trauma, blunt, penetrating
Airway	Airway in Maxillofacial Trauma
Airway	Airway Assessment
Airway	Airway and Cervical Spine Injury
Airway	Adverse Effects of Endotracheal Intubation	ETT
Administration	Trainees with Difficulties
Administration	Rapid Response System (RRS)	RAMESH NAGAPPAN
Administration	New Equipment Purchasing
Administration	Managing the Emergency Department, ED
Administration	ICU Staffing	ICU Staffing, open ICU, Closed ICU
Administration	ICU Response to a Pandemic	ICU Response to a Pandemic, influenza, SARS, MERS, coronavirus
Administration	ICU Outreach	ICU Outreach, critical care outreach teams (CCOT), ICU liaison, intensive care
Administration	ICU Design and Staffing
Administration	Consent and Competence in Children
Administration	Clinical Governance
Administration	Changes in ICU mortality	ARDS
Administration	Change leadership	Change leadership, management, John Kotter
Administration	Burnout
Acid-Base	Urinary Anion Gap	UAG
Acid-Base	Strong Ion Difference	SID, Stewart
Acid-Base	Sodium Bicarbonate Use	dichloroacetate, carbicarb, Urinary alkalinisation, NaHCO3
Acid-Base	Sodium Bicarbonate and DKA	DKA, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, ketoacids, NaHCO3
Acid-Base	Respiratory Compensation in Metabolic Disorders
Acid-Base	Respiratory Alkalosis
Acid-Base	Respiratory Acidosis
Acid-Base	Renal Tubular Acidosis and Uraemic Acidosis	Renal Tubular Acidosis, Uraemic acidosis, renal, acid-base, RTA
Acid-Base	Pyroglutamic Acidosis
Acid-Base	NAGMA	Normal Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis, HARDUP, CAGE, USEDCRAP
Acid-Base	Metformin-related Lactic Acidosis	HAGMA
Acid-Base	Metabolic Alkalosis Evaluation
Acid-Base	Metabolic alkalosis
Acid-Base	Metabolic Alkalosis
Acid-Base	Metabolic Acidosis Evaluation	Metabolic acidaemia, acidemia, HAGMA, NAGMA
Acid-Base	Metabolic acidosis
Acid-Base	Metabolic Acidosis
Acid-Base	Lactic Acidosis Evaluation	Cohen & Woods classification
Acid-Base	Lactate and Lactic Acidosis	hyperlactaemia, hyperlactemia, LUKE, TIPS, FAILURE, Cohen & Woods
Acid-Base	Ketoacidosis	Starvation ketosis, Alcoholic ketoacidosis, Diabetic ketoacidosis, DKA,
Acid-Base	Delta Ratio
Acid-Base	D-Lactic acidosis
Acid-Base	Base Excess vs Standard Base Excess	BE, SBE
Acid-Base	Anion gap
Acid-Base	ABG changes in Cardiac Arrest	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, resus, Arterial blood gas

The CCC was created, and is maintained, by Chris Nickson and originated from the FCICM exam study notes created by Jeremy Fernando in 2011. All of these pages have been updated, modified and added to since by a number of contributors (see below). As such will be particularly useful to those studying for the CICM Fellowship exam (though there are topics outside the scope of the exam as well). Increasingly, entries relevant to the FACEM exam are also being added.

NOTE: Pages are continually added under these topic headings, to find a current list of pages for each topic just search for the topic heading in the searchable index table.

We have defined “critical care medicine” as the triad of 1) resuscitation, 2) emergency care for life-threatening conditions, and 3) intensive care; including all components of the emergency and critical care medicine delivery system, prehospital and hospital.
Peter Safar, 1974

CCC Updates

References and resources

Numerous resources and references, in addition to those listed at the end of each page, were particularly useful in creating the compendium.

LITFL

ICU Mind Maps by Paul Young, litfl.com
ECG Library by Buttner R, Burns E, Larkin J, Nickson C, Cadogan M
CICM Fellowship Overview

FOAM and web-based resources

CriticalCareReviews.com (curated articles from the critical care literature, including an annual free-to-access book critically appraising major trials)
Medsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority)
The Bottom Line (compendium of critical appraisals of the ICU research literature)
David Tripp’s magnum opus of Intensive Care Medicine FCICM study notes (pdf last updated December 2014; David Tripp’s website is here)

Textbooks

Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence (3e) PDF Macintyre PE, Schug SA, Scott DA, Visser EJ, Walker SM; Working Group of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Medicine. Melbourne, 2010.
Atlas of Emergency Radiology Block, Jordanov, Stack. 2013
Australian animal toxins: the creatures, their toxins and care of the poisoned patient (2e) Sutherland SK, Tibballs J. Oxford University Press 2001.
Clinical Examination: A Systematic Guide to Physical Diagnosis (7e) Talley NJ, O’Connor S. 2013.
Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine (6e) Roberts JR, Hedges JR. Saunders 2013.
Data Interpretation in Critical Care Medicine (5e) Venkatesh B, Morgan TJ, Joyce C, Townsend S. Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012.
Diagnostic Imaging in Critical Care – A problem based approach Joyce, C, Saad, N, Kruger, P, Foot, C, Blackwell, N. Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone, Australia, 2010
ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care. Chan T, Brady W, Harrigan R, Ornato J, Rosen P. Mosby, 2004.
Emergency Radiology Schwartz DT, Reisdorff EJ. McGraw-Hill 2000.
Examination Intensive Care Medicine (2e), Foote C, Steel L, Vidhani K, Lister B, MacPartlin M, Blackwell N. Elsevier 2011.
Eye Emergency Manual 2e PDF NSW Statewide Opthalmology Service.
Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies (9e) Flomenbaum N, et al. McGraw-Hill 2010.
MD Consult online resource
Neurological differential diagnosis: a prioritized approach Bhidayasiri R, Waters MF, Giza CC. Blackwell Publishing 2005.
Neurological differential diagnosis (2e) Patten J. Springer-Verlag 2004.
Oh’s Intensive Care Manual (7e) Bersten AD, Soni N. 2013.
Paediatric Handbook (8th edition) Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne 2010
Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine. Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM, Wears RL. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Plum and Posner’s Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma (4e) Posner JB, et al. Oxford university Press 2007.
Poisoning and Drug Overdose (6e) Olsen, K. Lange/ McGraw-Hill 2006.
Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation (3e) Tobin M. McGraw-Hill, 2012
RCH Clinical Practice Guidelines Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (8e) Marx JA, Hockberger R, Walls RM. Mosby 2013.
Textbook of Critical Care (6e). Vincent J-L, Abraham E, Kchanek P, Moor FA, Fink MA.Elsevier, 2013.
The Wills Eye Manual: Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease Ehlers JP, Shah CP, Fenton GL, and Hoskins EN. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2012.
Therapeutic Guidelines (Australia) [subscription required]
Toxicology Handbook (2e) Murray L, Daly FFS, Little M, and Cadogan M. Elsevier Australia 2011.
Trauma: A Comprehensive Emergency Medicine Approach Legome E, Shockley LW. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Wilderness Medicine (6e) Auerbach P, Mosby Elsevier 2011
Wounds and Lacerations: Emergency Care and Closure (4e) Trott AT. Mosby, 2012.