Oxygen
Oxygen: gaseous inorganic element; essential role in oxidative phosphorylation resulting in energy production in the form of ATP
Ultrasound Case 073
A 29 year old woman presents with pelvic pain. You ultrasound her pelvis and notice an unusual appearance in the bladder.
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 113
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 113 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, some medical trivia FFFF.
CICM SAQ 2010.1 Q23
Critically evaluate the role of Procalcitonin (PCT) as a biomarker in the diagnosis and management of sepsis.
Paediatric Formulae
Paediatric Formulae
FOAM EMCC Blogs 2018
Has the FOAM bubble burst? 2018 review of the Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (EMCC) blogs and podcasts with some surprising results
Cocaine-related Chest Pain
Cocaine is a recreational drug with sympathomimetic effects in additional to being a sodium channel blocker. Cocaine can induce acute coronary syndromes through vasoconstriction, atheroma rupture and/ or dissection
Corrosive Ingestion
Corrosive ingestion may be life-threatening due to airway compromise or GI perforation, or due to agent-specific systemic toxicity.
Cocaine Toxicity
Cocaine Toxicity potentially life-threatening sympathomimetic syndrome with sodium channel blockade.
CICM SAQ 2015.1 Q12
You are called to urgently review a 73-year-old female who is ventilated following admission with severe community-acquired pneumonia. She had a tracheostomy five days ago. She has now acutely desaturated and developed high airway pressures.
Sodium Channel Blocker Toxicity
AGENTS NB. phenytoin and sodium valproate do not usually present with features of sodium channel blockade in overdose. CLINICAL FEATURES INVESTIGATIONS SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT AND TRIGGERS FOR INTERVENTION References and Links
Sodium Valproate Overdose
Sodium valproate is a commonly used anti-epileptic drug, that come sin standard and enteric coated forms. Toxicity is characterised by metabolic failure, resulting in multi-organ dysfunction and cerebral edema