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Criticare Appraisal: Oct 19, 2009
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Monday, October 19, 2009. Paroxysmal tachycardias mediated by accessory pathways that cross the AV node and electrically link the atria and ventricles, when combined with a short P-R interval ( 0.12 seconds), a wide QRS, and secondary repolarization abnormalities. Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern or ventricular preexcitation. When this ECG pattern is seen without the tachycardia. First described in 1930 in an article by Louis Wolff, Sir John Parkinson, and Paul Dudley White in 11 patients. Has an accessory ...
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Criticare Appraisal: Difficult Airway Management
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Saturday, June 5, 2010. Difficult Airway is the scenario which is a nightmare for anyone in Intensive Care Unit. There are many algorithms, guidelines and techniques to tackle the problem. How one face the problem at the time of need is important. Hence friends come out with your experiences and suggestions regarding the same. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Critical Care/ Medical Sites of Interest. Http:/ www.ccmtutorials.com/. Http:/ cim.ucdavis.edu/. Http:/ www&#...
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Criticare Appraisal: Sep 7, 2009
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Monday, September 7, 2009. Assessment and Management Of Airway Burns. The term “inhalational injury”. Thermal injury (restricted to upper airway structures except in cases of blast injury or steam inhalation),. Local chemical irritation throughout the respiratory tract, and. Systemic toxicity (eg, inhalation of toxins such as carbon monoxide or cyanide). Mechanism of exposure,. Eg, flame, electricity, blast injury, steam, or hot liquid). Quality of inhaled irritants. Eg, trapped in an enclosed space or.
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Criticare Appraisal: Sep 5, 2009
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Saturday, September 5, 2009. Critical Care/Medical Sites of Interest. Hi everyone, I am trying to collect and make list of all useful websites in CRITICAL CARE. Here is the beginning and if you know some, please share for benefit of all. Http:/ www.ccmtutorials.com. Http:/ www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/index.htm. Http:/ www.lhsc.on.ca/Health Professionals/CCTC/edubriefs/index.htm. Http:/ www.uihealthcare.com/vh/. Http:/ cim.ucdavis.edu/. Http:/ www.anzics.com.au/. Http:/ www.cebm.utoronto.ca/. Http:/ www....
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Criticare Appraisal: Sep 1, 2009
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009. Despite advances in mechanical ventilation and respiratory support, the science of determining if the patient is ready for extubation is still very imprecise. A lot depends on the clinician’s threshold for reduction in ventilatory support, than does the modes of ventilatory wean. Patients who can be extubated safely can be divided into three phases-. 1 Freedom from the primary problem that prompted mechanical ventilation. 3 What to look for immediately before extubation. Despi...
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Criticare Appraisal: Apr 25, 2010
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Sunday, April 25, 2010. LASIX : How Much Safe? 8221; I know I am not the first victim. I wish to be the last. Those of us with pneumonia and sepsis are sick enough without Lasix making us worse. This concern was voiced by an patient.Does this situation sounds familiar? Dear Friends how about your views regarding use and misuse of Lasix! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. LASIX : How Much Safe? Critical Care/ Medical Sites of Interest. Http:/ www.ccmtutorials.com/. Http:/ www&#...
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Criticare Appraisal: LASIX : How Much Safe?
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Sunday, April 25, 2010. LASIX : How Much Safe? 8221; I know I am not the first victim. I wish to be the last. Those of us with pneumonia and sepsis are sick enough without Lasix making us worse. This concern was voiced by an patient.Does this situation sounds familiar? Dear Friends how about your views regarding use and misuse of Lasix! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. LASIX : How Much Safe? Critical Care/ Medical Sites of Interest. Http:/ cim.ucdavis.edu/. Http:/ ww...
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Criticare Appraisal: Jun 15, 2010
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010. MRSA: Are older antibiotics effective? MRSA is a havoc and difficult to treat. Options are Vancomycin, Linezolid and Teicoplanin. There is a recent study by Goldberg E etal although retrospective cohort; published ahead of print in J antimicrob Chemother. 2010 May 27, PMID: 20507860. Co-trimoxazole versus vancomycin for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a retrospective cohort study.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Http:/ www.uihealthcare&#...
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Criticare Appraisal: Oct 30, 2009
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Friday, October 30, 2009. Alice in intensiveland" is an wonderful article by Bartlett RH which appeared in Chest 1995; 108: 1129-39. This article has commented in an hilarious manner regarding the nonsenses one should not do in ICU. A must read. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This blog contains information to the medical literature. The authors or the contributors neither claim to be authoritative in medical expressions nor to constitute the content as medical advice. There was an error in this gadget.
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Criticare Appraisal: Jul 12, 2010
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Monday, July 12, 2010. Indiscriminate and Irrational Antibiotic Use. Its ironic to see the current situation which we all are dealing with. With so much of irrational, indiscriminate and unjustified use of antibiotics, the coming era looks frightening. Abuse of antibiotics with no drug regulation authority over the quality check and the over the counter easy availability has led to the difficult situation to deal with menace of MRSA, VRE, ESBL including MDR Pseudomonas,Acinetobacter and so on. Http:/ www...
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