Methylene blue
Methylene Blue is the treatment of choice for symptomatic drug-induced methaemoglobinaemia (signs of hypoxia with chest pain, dyspnoea or confusion) or consider in asymptomatic patients with methaemoglobin (MetHb) levels >20%.
Intravenous lipid emulsion
Intravenous lipid emulsion (IVLE) is a sterile emulsion of soyabean oil in water, used in parenteral nutrition. It is a novel antidote which requires further study but may have a role to play in the resuscitation of patients with refractory cardiac arrest induced by local anaesthetics that are resistant to standard protocols.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 157
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 157 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
EMA April 2012
Short editorial comments on articles from Vol. 24 Issue 2 of Emergency Medicine Australasia (EMA Journal) published online in April 2012.
Concussion in Rugby
Concussion in rugby: An overview and ethical considerations
Jean-François Kérandel
Jean Francois Kerandel (1873-1934) was a French physician. Symptoms of African human trypanosomiasis Kerandel sign and symptom
Mannitol
Mannitol: osmotic diuretic; increases the osmolarity of the glomerular filtrate -> increasing urinary volume; decreases CSF volume and pressure
CICM SAQ 2015.1 Q2
Question List the complications and their likely underlying mechanisms specifically related to cardiopulmonary bypass that may be seen in the ICU following cardiac surgery. Answer Pass rate: 63% Highest mark: 8.8 Additional comments: Candidates who failed did not address complications…
CICM SAQ 2015.1 Q4
Question The following list refers to classes of oral anticoagulation regimens for use in chronic atrial fibrillation: i. Antiplatelet agents ii. Vitamin K antagonists iii. Antithrombin agents iv. Anti Xa agents a) Give an example of a drug for each…
Alvarado score
The Alvarado score is a 10 point score for predicting acute appendicitis (mnemonic MANTRELS). Alfredo Alvarado in 1986
Sidney Farber
Sidney Farber (1903-1973) was an American pediatric pathologist. Farber disease (1952) autosomal-recessive, lysosomal storage disorder caused by acid ceramidase deficiency and associated with distinct clinical phenotypes
Jacob Churg
Jacob Churg (1910–2005) was a Belarussian/Polish born American practicing pathologist. Eponymous affiliation with Churg-Strauss Syndrome (CSS) in 1951. Now known as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)