Miscellaneous Topics

Creme de la misc:  systemic sclerosis

Sedation monitoring and dexmedetomidine done three ways

Weird body fluids; or, "why is this urine so red"

Pressure area prevention and management, including VAC systems

Transport of the critically ill patient

Frailty: its assessment and impact on ICU outcome

Delirium in critical illness

Miscellaneous multi-system diseases - Down syndrome

Miscellaneous multi-system diseases

High altitude pulmonary oedema

Effect of miscellaneous multi-system disease: Parkinson's disease

Influence of rheumatoid arthritis on critical care

Random investigations: GBS, meningitis, PRES, B12 deficiency and ankylosing spondylitis

Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TENS)

Management of delirium, or more accurately aggressive psychosis

Acromegaly: another one of the miscellaneous multi-system diseases

Myotonic dystrophy: one of the weirdopathies

Delirium in the ICU: definition, causes, risk factors, management

Pressure area care prevention and management in the ICU

Rheumatoid arthritis: how it makes intubation difficult, and how it complicates ICU management.

List the ultrasound features of a pneumothorax.

Physiotherapy in the ICU: its role, broadly

Rheumatoid arthritis: physical signs in the hands, and characteristic X-ray features. 

Delirium in the ICU define it and "describe your management approach".

How useful is the daily "sedation holiday"? Critically evaluate.

Discuss the role of interventional radiology in the management of the critically ill.

"What's That Rash?" 

Logistics of inter-hospital transfer: what issues would you need to consider?

Clinical features of scleroderma. Also, .. for some reason, acute bowel ischaemia

Functional status and survival in ICU. Also, age-related changes in physiology.

"What's That Rash?" 

Aerial transport of a critically ill patient.

Causes of cyanosis which are not cardiovascular or respiratory.

DVT prophylaxis in the ICU: specifically, DVT prophylaxis in neurotrauma.

Weird body fluids - "chicken fat supernatant"

Delirium in the ICU

Functional status and outcome in ICU. Tools to assess functional status of survivors.

Pressure area care prevention and management in the ICU

List 2 causes of clubbing (apart from cardiovascular and respiratory causes)

"What's That Rash?" 

Scleroderma and CREST syndrome. "What's Wrong With My Hands?"

Risks associated with MRI imaging of ICU patients.

The "Sedation Holiday" - useful? Discuss.

Rheumatoid arthritis: clinical features, and abnormalities which complicate intubation.

Sleep disturbance in the ICU: causes, consequences, management strategies.

On examination, how do you tell a kidney from a spleen?

Outline the potential roles for the use of ultrasound  in the critically ill patient.

Factors influencing intensive care outcome: genetic influences

Factors which influence intensive care outcome; specifically age-related changes in physiology

Utility of the routine daily chest Xrays - "critically evaluate" this pointless practice

Aerial transport of a critically ill patient.

Pressure area care prevention and management in the ICU

Discuss the role of interventional radiology in the management of the critically ill.

Functional status and outcome in ICU. Tools used to assess functional status of survivors.

Physiotherapy in the ICU: risks and benefits

Outline the potential roles for the use of ultrasound  in the critically ill patient.

Transport of the critically ill patient

"What's That Rash?" 

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the ICU.

CREST syndrome

Transport of the critically ill patient

Routine clinical examination of the ICU patient: is there a point?

DVT prophylaxis in the ICU; Mechanical DVT prophylaxis devices

Pressure area care prevention and management in the ICU

Aeromedical retrieval: essential features of a helicopter-transported ventilator

Utility of the routine daily chest Xrays - "critically evaluate" this pointless practice

Rheumatoid arthritis: how it complicates ICU management.