Case-Control Studies: a type of retrospective observational study; control patients are ‘matched’ using some criteria (age, gender), typically should have no history of the disease of interest and should be representative of the general population
Causes of HYPOcalcaemia: Commonest causes: HYPOalbuminaemia and HYPERventilation
IDEAL BODY WEIGHT DOSING BODY WEIGHT LEAN BODY WEIGHT
Uric acid is the major end metabolite of purine. Purine found in nucleic acid and exogenous sources; Commonly used as marker for gout and pre-eclampsia; Levels do not usually indicate severity of disease
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Echocardiography in acute myocardial infarction is useful for identification of regional wall motion abnormalities and complications
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Carried out in a pressurised chamber (single or multiple patients). Treatments typically between 2 and 3 ATA
Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia (COP) is also known as bronchiolitis obliterans organising pneumonia (BOOP); not the same as bronchiolitis obliterans; the rapidly progressive form has a very poor prognosis
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History 1778 – John Quier 1785 – JA Murray 1854 – Reubold 1871 – Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt (1833-1902) 1877 – Bohn 1880 – Nikolaj Flindt (1843-1913) 1897 – Nicolai Feodorowitsch…
Henry Koplik (1858 – 1927) was an American pediatrician. Eponymously affiliated with Koplik spots of measles first described in 1896
The LITFL Critical Care Compendium (CCC) has numerous entries on sepsis, this page collates them
The patient's form a heterogeneous group that requires a systematic approach based on early resuscitation where needed, risk assessment to guide further management and early consideration of the underlying psychosocial issues.