Geelong Health SAQ 017
Trail SAQ produced by Geelong Health for the written fellowship. See more trial SAQs on litfl.com and other fellowship resources.
Geelong Health SAQ 016
Trail SAQ produced by Geelong Health for the written fellowship. See more trial SAQs on litfl.com and other fellowship resources.
Static Lung Volumes
Physiology Philes: Please draw a diagram to describe static lung volumes. Basic Science in Clinical Context Examination
Sultana-related Sentinel Event
The LITFL team have heard through the grape vine that Professor Inglebert Struvite Staghorn, at the bequest of the Society for the Prevention of Surgery, has been investigating an unfortunate episode currantly referred to as the ‘Sultana-related Sentinel Event’. A…
UCEM Selectively Research Rival Research Institute
The UCEM has today received leaked information that Wakefield is set to open his own research institute to collect evidence that supports his assumptions.
Darth Vader in the ER
Would Darth Vader make a good emergency physician? Yes...according to guest author Dr Javier Benítez.
Lost in Translation…again
Whether it is interpreting a physicians handwriting, transcribing the muffled rants of the dictating clinician or battling the auto-correct function of microsoft word...meaning can sometimes be lost in translation...
Amisulpride toxicity
Amisulpride is an atypical antipsychotic in low doses will causes and anticholinergic effect but at higher doses prolongs the QT interval with cases of torsades de pointes noted.
Benztropine toxicity
Normally used to ameliorate dyskinesia from antipsychotics but has been used for recreational purposes. Benztropine is a potent anticholingeric in overdose. You may also use it yourself as an antidote for an acute dystonic reaction.
Clozapine toxicity
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic, due to its restricted use an acute overdose is a rare event but clinicians should be aware that coma can occur and management is with supportive care. In chronic toxicity agranulocytosis and myocarditis can occur, these are not features of an acute poisoning but monitored in patients with long term therapeutic use.
Lithium toxicity
Lithium is commonly used to treat bipolar, for your toxicology encounter it will come in two varieties, either an acute overdose or chronic toxicity and it is important to distinguish the two (examiners love this question).
Olanzapine toxicity
Olanzapine is a second generation atypical antipsychotic. Widely used in Australasia and therefore a fairly common presentation to the emergency department. Olanzapine like queitiapine has a predictable dose-dependent CNS depression.