LITFL Update 037
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Test your knowledge! Interpret CXR case 112: A 77-year-old lady with a history of ischaemic heart disease is admitted to the ER with symptoms of increasing breathlessness and cough.
Hyperbaric oxygen for the ICU patient: intensive care indications, practical issues in critical care, and referral considerations.
Monteggia fracture: Fracture of the proximal or middle third of the ulna with associated radial head dislocation/instability. Further classified by José Luis Bado as Type 1 – IV Monteggia fractures.
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This week’s episode of Critical Care Time breaks things down by covering foundational concepts, discussing some of the physical and cognitive tools you can use to address an airway in the ICU, and sets the stage for part II where they will go through some case studies and share pitfall and pearls for anatomically difficult airways.
This month’s emDocs post on “learning from lawsuits” takes us through a misread radiology case and who is responsible.
To scope or not to scope, post caustic ingestions? A new series on St.Emlyn’s takes us through some of the toxicology literature to answer these questions.
Don’t have time to read all the emergency medicine journals each month? Well, the team at The Bottom Line does that for you! Check out this month’s nuggets from the August literature.
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