Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Plasmapheresis (or PLEX) is one of the machines we tend not to have responsibility for in the ICU. Unlike CRRT we tend to defer to another specialty to do this. … Read More »
Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. SBS is not a common thing to find in the ICU and the most likely context here is going to be receiving someone from the operating theatre who has had … Read More »
Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. The commonest time we think of adrenocortical insufficiency in the ICU is probably in sepsis. This post will definititely not cover the beast that is steroid use in the intensive … Read More »
Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. A meandering monologue through critical care exam preparation. The aminoglycosides see themselves as a bit special. Not content with producing deafness and killing kidneys they’ve also demanded awkward dosing schedules, … Read More »
Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Cardiac pacing comes in a variety of flavours in critical care but a reasonable list of class I indications for permanent pacing might include: 2nd/3rd block with symptoms and bradycardia, … Read More »