Question A 30 year old man has been admitted to hospital with severe multiple injuries following a motor vehicle accident. On day 2, his intracranial pressure has stabilised and his head CT shows scattered punctate haemorrhages with subarachnoid blood, with…
Oesophageal Doppler Cardiac Output Monitor; non-invasive cardiac output monitor
Critically evaluate the use of therapeutic hypothermia in intensive care practice.
Question A 26-year-old female is admitted to the ICU post operatively with faecal peritonitis as a result of multiple bowel perforations secondary to Crohn’s disease. She has had the majority of her small bowel resected and is to be prescribed…
Hermann Oppenheim (1858-1919) was a German neurologist. Oppenheim sign/reflex (1902) and the archaic term Oppenheim disease (1900)
Thomas Willis (1621–1675) was an English physician.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 117 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Restless legs syndrome (RLS)/Willis-Ekbom disease (WED) is characterized by an urge to move the legs, usually associated with limb discomfort. The symptoms occur at rest, are relieved by movement, and are worst in the evening and at night.
Karl-Axel Ekbom (1907-1977) Swedish neurologist. Eponym: Willis-Ekbom syndrome (Restless leg syndrome); Ekbom Syndrome II (Delusion of parasitosis)
The peritoneum is a tough semi-permeable membrane lining abdominal and visceral cavities. it encloses, supports and lubricates organs within the cavity. Paracentesis is effectively the analysis of 'Ascites' - the abnormal accumulation of fluid within the abdomen.
List and briefly describe the different mechanisms by which an ICU ventilator may detect (and thus is triggered by) a spontaneous inspiratory effort.
Nikolay Sergeevich Korotkov (Николай Сергеевич Коротков) (1874 – 1920) was a Russian surgeon.