A 45 year old gentleman presents after 2 days of “indigestion” with a STEMI. He is admitted to ICU...
Archive for category: Shock & Arrest
Shock and cardiac arrest
Big, Bad, Leroy Brown
Tom Rozen, , Cardiomyopathies, Cases, Shock & Arrest, Systolic function, Valvular disease, 0A shocked 50 year old diabetic man in the emergency department presents after months of malaise and reduced exercise tolerance, and is hypotensive in...
Traumatic Aortic Dissection
Aidan Burrell, , Cases, Masses & Aorta, Shock & Arrest, Systolic function, TOE, 2A 26 year old was in a high speed MVA, sustaining severe chest and pelvic injuries. The patient’s initial observations...
A 54 year old lady presents to hospital with severe shortness of breath, and ST elevation on ECG. A preliminary...
ECMO Weaning – Winning or Whining?
Li Huey Tan, , Cardiomyopathies, Cases, Shock & Arrest, Situations, 0Have you ever been on a ward round and pretended to know what everyone is talking about, nodded intelligently,...
ECMO – CPR (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) is a means of artificially supporting a patient’s circulation who...
Intraoperative TOE – The basics and more
Aidan Burrell, , Shock & Arrest, Systolic function, TOE, Tutorials, 0Intraoperative tranoesophageal echocardiography (ITOE) is a relatively new application of TOE which began in the 1980-90’s, but but has...
A 70 year old lady was trapped for 90 minutes in her car after a motor vehicle accident in...
Systolic Anterior Motion of MV