Laboratory Urinalysis
Laboratory urine analysis
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure in TBI
Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP) in Traumatic brain injury (TBI). Cerebral Perfusion Pressure (CPP) = MAP – ICP or CVP (whichever is highest)
Bronchiolitis
Goals: resuscitation severity and stability of disease assessment of possible differentials including cardiac disease, influenzae, pertussis stabilisation and possible transfer to neonatal/SCBU if required
Prone Position and Mechanical Ventilation
Reviewed and revised 19 May 2014 OVERVIEW Prone positioning can be used in mechanically ventilated patients with severe hypoxic respiratory failure to optimise oxygenation Refer to Prone Positioning for Hypoxic Respiratory Failure on INTENSIVE for the Alfred ICU guideline, cognitive…
Ventilator Associated Lung Injury
Mechanical ventilation with application of pressure to the lung, whether positive or negative, can cause damage known as ventilator-associated lung injury (VALI)
Lung Recruitment Manoeuvres in ARDS
Recruitment manoeuvres are transient increases in transpulmonary pressure designed to open up collapsed airless alveoli. Primarily used in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Bronchial blocker
bronchial blocker is a device that can isolate part of the bronchial tree at the lobar level
Setting Up a Ventilator
Setting Up a Ventilator
Wells Criteria for Pulmonary Embolus
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Philip Steven Wells Alternative names Name Name Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Wells PS, Anderson DR, Rodger M, Forgie M, Kearon C, Dreyer J, Kovacs…
Wells Criteria for DVT
Description What is the actual eponymous medical sign/syndrome/repair/classification… History Associated Persons Philip Steven Wells Alternative names Name Name Controversies Did they first describe or popularise or plagiarise? References Wells PS, Anderson DR, Rodger M, Stiell I, Dreyer JF, Barnes D, Forgie…
Central Pontine Myelinolysis
Central pontine myelinolysis is a demyelinating disorder that affects the brainstem white matter, mostly central pons and occasionally cerebral hemispheres (then called ‘extrapontine myelinolysis’)
Cerebellar disease DDx
Important causes of diseases affecting the cerebellum