Why Don’t We Wash Our Hands?
"Why don't we wash our hands?" is a SMACCtalk that explores why hand hygiene targets remains such a challenge for healthcare workers.
Magnesium
Magnesium: intracellular cation; hypomagnesaemia = common electrolyte abnormality in ICU
NSTEACS Management
NSTEACS is non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome, and includes non-STEMI and unstable angina
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Prognosis
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a devastating condition in terms of personal, societal and wider economic impact
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Monitoring
The core physiological monitor used in TBI is ICP monitoring, in addition to standard monitoring used for any critically ill patient
Permissive hypotension
Permissive hypotension is also known as hypotensive resuscitation and low volume resuscitation. The concept remains controversial and is primarily applicable to the penetrating trauma patient
STEMI Management
STEMI is a type of acute coronary syndrome that requires emergency reperfusion therapy. Definition and assessment of STEMI is described in Acute Coronary Syndromes
We don’t need no FOAM Curriculum
The past few months have seen enthusiastic discussions of the need for a FOAM curriculum among users of free open access med(ical e)ducation. This topic was also in the spotlight at SMACC during the education plenary and the SMACC Q&A…
Hyperthermia-associated toxidromes
Toxidromes associated with hyperthermia may be difficult to distinguish: serotonin syndrome; anticholingeric syndrome; sympathomimetic syndrome; neuroleptic malignant syndrome; malignant hyperthermia
Carl Hueter
Carl Hueter (1838 - 1882) was a German Surgeon. Remembered for his contribution to the Hueter-Volkmann law (1862) with Richard von Volkmann (1830 - 1889)
Weigert-Meyer rule
Weigert (1877) and Meyer (1907): disposition of the ureter ectopic orifice lies caudal and medial to the orthoptic orifice was almost universal in cases of ureteral duplication. Weigert-Meyer Law.
Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation is almost a routine procedure in ICU now, with >90% 1-year survival. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) involves recipient hepatectomy, revascularisation of the donor graft and biliary reconstruction