Myocardial ischemia post AAA repair
Detecting Myocardial Ischaemia Post AAA Repair
Renal failure Post AAA Repair
OVERVIEW Numerous possible causes of Renal failure Post Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair CAUSES Pre-renal Hypovolaemia causing pre-renal failure Abdominal compartment syndrome Renal artery trauma Low output state (1) myocardial dysfunction from cross clamping, (2) perioperative ischaemia Post-operative bleeding Ischaemic rhabdomyolysis…
Vascath misplacement
Intra-arterial misplacement of a vascath; unfortunate complication with possible serious sequelae for the patient; well recognized but uncommon
Vascular Surgery Literature Summaries
Vascular Surgery Literature Summaries
Eduard Glanzmann
Biography Medical Eponyms Glanzmann thrombastenia (1918) autosomal recessive bleeding disorder characterized by deficient or dysfunctional glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa complexes. In the absence of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor (aka the fibrinogen receptor), platelets do not stick to each other at the site of…
Optic disc abnormality DDx
Differential diagnosis of the most important optic disc abnormalities: papilloedema, papillitis and optic atrophy
Red eye DDx
Red eye is a catch all term for the inflamed or injected external appearance of the eye, for which there are many causes.
Atelectasis DDx
Atelectasis is the fancy name for collapse affecting all or part of the lung. Causes include; intraluminal, mural and extramural
Bronchial breath sounds
Bronchial breath sounds are characterised by expiration and inspiration producing noise of equal loudness and duration, sounding like blowing through a hollow tube. The expiratory sound is heard during the greater part of expiration, whereas the inspiratory sound stops abruptly at the height of inspiration, with a pause before the sound of expiration is heard.
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis = autoimmune disorder characterised by a bilateral, peripheral symmetrical inflammatory arthritis with a number of other systemic associations. Multisystem disease which can range from mild -> severe
Septic cardiomyopathy
Reviewed and revised 11 November 2016 OVERVIEW Septic cardiomyopathy is a common feature of severe sepsis syndromes and results in impaired intrinsic cardiac contractility First described by Parker et al in 1984 Incidence varies in studies, most report 20-60% incidence…
Immunomodulatory Agents in Sepsis
Immunomodulatory Agents in Sepsis: huge research area; no definitive therapies available; some research very controversial