Status Epilepticus in Children
Status epilepticus is considered to have occurred when a generalised tonic-clonic seizure has lasted greater than 30 minutes.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 111
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 111 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
Logistic regression analysis
Logistic regression analysis is used to predict a dependent binary outcome (yes/no, dead/alive) based on one or more predictor variables
Cervical Spine Fractures
Cervical Spine Fractures
Burns
Burns are injuries to tissues caused by heat, friction, electricity, radiation, or chemicals. Burn injury is characterised by a hypermetabolic response with physiologic, catabolic and immune effects
Glucagon as an Antidote
Glucagon is traditionally considered a first line antidote for beta-blocker overdose. Glucagon has also been used in the setting of calcium channel blocker toxicity
Digibind
Digibind: trade name for digoxin antidote containing Digoxin-specific antibody Fab fragments; prudent to administer based on a considered risk assessment and before the life-threatening manifestations of digoxin toxicity develop
Digoxin Toxicity
Digoxin toxicity is characterised by gastrointestinal distress, hyperkalemia and life-threatening dysryhthmias, including increased automaticity and AV nodal blockade
Activated Charcoal
Activated Charcoal: decontamination agent; absorbing molecules of drug on its surface -> inhibiting their absorption by as much as 50% -> excretion in faeces
Renal replacement therapy: Dose
Optimal dose of renal replacement therapy (RRT) is controversial... the definition of dose in clinical practice is also a little controversial!
Renal Literature Summaries
Renal Literature Summaries
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) Circuits: used in renal replacement therapy; therapeutic plasma exchange; and haemoperfusion