CCC Update 001
An update on what's new and what's been polished up a bit in the Critical Care Compendium. We highlight topics on tracheostomy, ventilator discontinuation and extubation.
Where are the lemons?
You are wandering past the bedside of a 42 year old male with a cerebral abscess…and you notice he has orange urine. Unusual Urine.
3D Printing – How does it make those models?
3D Printing – How does it make those models? 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, comes in a couple of different forms but these all essentially boil down to one of two processes
Therapeutic Hypothermia
This page requires revision OVERVIEW the currently preferred term for therapeutic hypothermia is targeted temperature management (TTM) induced hypothermia successfully used in cardiac surgery -> protects against global cerebral ischaemia (deep hypothermic arrest) described since the 1950s in various clinical…
Oxygenation Indices
Reviewed and revised 6 January 2016 OVERVIEW This page summaries different indices used to quantify pulmonary oxygenation Measured intrapulmonary shunt is the gold standard test for determining pulmonary oxygen transfer Indices are either tension-based or content-based (aka concentration-based) tension-based indices…
Intubation of the Neurocritical Care Patient
Revised and reviewed 29 March 2017 OVERVIEW The semi-elective intubation of neurocritical care patients requires a modified technique to avoid the harmful consequences of intubation, which include: USE OF THIS APPROACH This approach is suitable for patients with: It is not…
FOAM for University of Melbourne MD Student Conference 2014
OVERVIEW This page collates resources supporting my presentation on FOAM at the University of Melbourne MD Student Conference 2014, titled ‘Come Join the FOAM Party’. The page will be revised and updated based on discussions and questions asked at the conference.…
Cannula cricothyroidotomy
Reviewed and revised 21 July 2021 OVERVIEW airway rescue procedure allowing transtracheal oxygenation aka needle cricothyroidotomy INDICATIONS “Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate” scenario occasionally performed semi-electively if difficult intubation and/or preoxygenation is anticipated CONTRA-INDICATIONS local infection non-identifiable anatomy (e.g. severe obesity), distortion due…
Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology (APAMT)
Reviewed and revised 20 November 2016 OVERVIEW APAMT is the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology: The Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology in an international association established by a group of medical toxicologists in 1989. Its goal is to promote…
ANZICS NZ Regional Meeting 2017
This page collates the resources for my talks at the ANZICS New Zealand Regional Meeting in Wellington, 2017.
Acute Aortic Syndrome
OVERVIEW Chest pain with ischemic symptoms and haemodynamic compromise can occur acutely due to a spectrum of aortic pathologies known as the acute aortic syndrome the rate of aortic rupture is higher in penetrating atheromatous ulcer (42%) and intramural hematoma…
Pierre Mallet-Guy
Pierre Mallet-Guy (1897 - 1995) was a French surgeon. Mallet-Guy sign in patients with chronic pancreatitis (1943)