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Summary of RRT Types

References and Links CCC – RRT Indications CCC – RRT principles in fluid management CCC – RRT Types CCC – RRT terminology and nomenclature CCC – RRT troubleshooting CCC – Renal Literature Summaries DerangedPhysiology.com CVVH: Continous Veno-Venous Hemofiltration circuit diagram…

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Gastric lavage

Gastric lavage is a GI decontamination technique that aims to empty the stomach of toxic substances by the sequential administration and aspiration of small volumes of fluid via an orogastric tube. Previously widely favoured method that has now been all but abandoned due to lack of evidence of efficacy and risk of complications.

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Polonium

the radioactive isotope polonium-210 was implicated in the death of former KGB/ FSB operative Alexander Litvenko;
also has potential for use in nuclear terrorism as a 'dirty bomb'

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AXR Interpretation

Indications for plain AXR differ depending on the availability of CT or USS, which give considerably more information. Abdominal X-rays are only useful for certain defined pathology such as abnormal ‘gases, masses, bones and stones’.

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Vasopressin

Vasopressin: bioactive neuroendocrine nonapeptide; endogenously produced by the magnocellular neurone cell bodies of the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei of the posterior hypothalamus