Revised and reviewed 2 August 2015 OVERVIEW You may have noticed that much of the equipment used in critical care runs on something called electricity… Hence, it is useful to know the basics! Critical care practitioners may be exposed to, and…
ECMO Troubleshooting: Approach to problems specific to patients requiring ECMO therapy
A double lumen endotracheal tube (DLT) is an endotracheal tube designed to isolate the lungs from one another anatomically and/or physiologically
OVERVIEW Porphyria = group of disorders where patients have a inability to synthesis Hb resulting in an accumulation of precursors oxidised to porphyrins hepatic and erythropoietic varieties 3 hepatic forms that effect are affected by anaesthesia (1) AIP – acute…
Massive venous thrombosis of deep and collateral venous system. Obstruction to outflow causes congestion that can compromise arterial flow
Pancytopaenia
An approach to the patient with persistent bleeding from a venepuncture site
OVERVIEW Lupus Anticoagulants -> result in acquired hypercoagulability due to poorly understood actions ? alteration of the regulation of haemostasis and endothelial cell injury ASSOCIATIONS MANAGEMENT (1) APTT (2) dilute Russell viper venom time (3) silica clotting time(4) kaolin clotting…
Isolated Elevated APTT
Thyroid Storm: life threatening exacerbation of hyperthyroid state with 1 or more organ dysfunction
Pheochromocytoma: paraganglioma -> catecholamine producing tumours; associated with: MEN, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, neurofibromatosis and familial paragangliomas
Myxoedema Coma: extreme form of hypothyroidism; high mortality