Hypercalcaemia DDx
Hypercalcaemia: Nature: Bones, stones, groans and psychic moans. Usually associated with increased calcium release form bones and impaired renal removal and malignancy
CT Case 056
A 40-year-old female presents with fever, pleuritic chest pain and abdominal pain. She is too unwell to provide a history when she first arrives.
Heneage Ogilvie
Sir William Heneage Ogilvie (1887-1971) was a British surgeon. Described Ogilvie Syndrome (1948) and Thomas sign (1955)
Antepartum haemorrhage
Antepartum haemorrhage (APH) is defined as any bleeding from the genital tract after the 20th week of pregnancy and before the onset of labour.
Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Amniotic Fluid Embolism is a rare catastrophic condition that occurs during labour, delivery or shortly after delivery. It is also known by the terminology of anaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancy.
CT Case 055
A 10-month-old male is brought into ED by his parents with unexplained reduced level of consciousness and vomiting.
Acid-Base and Blood Gas interpretation
Acid-Base Library: Blood gas analysis and interpretation
CT Case 054
A 54-year-old man walks into emergency 3 hours after a 150kg plank of wood fell on his head. He has obvious external signs of head injury
Roser-Nélaton line
Roser-Nélaton line. The theoretical line drawn from the anterior superior spine of the ilium to tuberosity of the ischium, in the moderately flexed hip.
CT Case 053
A 25-year-old man is brought in by ambulance having been found on the side of a motorway after a presumed pedestrian vs car accident.
Mastering Intensive Care 080 with Tub Worthley
Mastering Intensive Care 080 with Tub Worthley. Dr. Lindsay Ian Grant "Tub" Worthley worked as an intensive care medical specialist at the Royal Adelaide hospital ICU between 1971 and 1991
CT Case 052
A 50-year-old woman presents with 4 days of abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and inability to open her bowels. You suspect a bowel obstruction...