By Dr Garzarella Metabolic acidosis Expected pCO2 = 1.5 × [HCO3] +8 ±2 Metabolic alkalosis Expected pCO2 = 0.7 × [HCO3] +20 ±5 Mechanism In metabolic acid-base disturbances, chemoreceptors sense […]
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Cardiac arrests are associated with significant mortality and are often unexpected and extremely stressful for the practitioners involved. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is arguably one of the most important skills for medical […]
By Dr Tommaso Gasparello A 45-year-old anaesthetist was found dead in the doctor’s room of his hospital after being on call the night before. An empty syringe was found next […]
Definition of Tourniquet: a constricting or compressing device used to control venous and arterial circulation to an extremity for a particular duration. Tourniquets are commonly used during limb surgeries (particularly […]
Bradycardia is defined as a heart rate below 60bpm and occurs commonly under anaesthesia. Although most bradycardias are benign, they have the potential to cause haemodynamic compromise and progress to […]
An 80kg 50yo male enters theatre directly from the emergency department for an urgent laparotomy. He has been involved in a motor vehicle accident and is thought to have lost […]
By Adam George Definition Hypercalcaemia indicates a total serum calcium (Ca) concentration corrected for albumin of >2.6 mmol/L. […]
The PADDI trial by Dr. Matthew Vella @mjv.igee PADDI (The Perioperative ADministration of Dexamethasone and Infection Trial) Corcoran, T. B., Myles, P. S., Forbes, A. B., Cheng, A. C., Bach, […]
Hyponatremia where salt goes, water (also) follows by Adam George Definition Hyponatremia refers to a low blood sodium (Na) concentration. Specifically, […]
By Zheng Cheng Zhu Key reference: Richards, T., Baikady, R. R., Clevenger, B., Butcher, A., Abeysiri, S., Chau, M., Macdougall, I. C., Murphy, G., Swinson, R., Collier, T., Van Dyck, […]