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Nurse A: Dr, Dr! Patient desat.... New Dr : >< ohhh..desat..desat...what to do? God, please help me save this patient Below is the overview of the approach in this case Treatment: 1. Identify underlying cause 2. Supplementary oxygen maintain Pa02 at 60-80mmHg / SPO2 of 92-100%  to avoid oxygen toxicity as PaO2 of >80% is not proven to improve oxygen delivery and hence unnecessary Oxygen toxicity is concentration and time-dependent Lowest FiO2 should be used as FiO2 >60% leads to inflammatory changes, alveoli infiltration and then pulmonary fibrosis Nasal cannulae: 1-6L/min of oxygen (because 6L/min is adequate to fill the nasopharynx) - Fi02<40% Fi02>40% is delivered via oxygen mask with a reservoir Remember the oxygen dissociation curve? In the context of anesthesiologists, there are a few important points in the curve. They are ICU point, mixed venous point, arterial point, and P50. Definition of each term is as follows: ICU p...

Cold Sweat Series will cover approach to different common emergencies seen in wards, namely, Oxygen desaturation Hypoglycemia Hyperglycemia Hypotension Hypertension Patient collapse/reduced mental status Tachycardia Bradycardia Reduced urine output

The new Ortho Fracture Series will cover the most important type of fractures. It is a compilation of info from various websites and textbook. In our very first series, we will look into proximal humerus fracture. It comprise of 4-6% of all fractures and the third most common fracture in elderly with females having higher incidence (2:1 ratio). Increasing age is also a risk factor for women. Understanding anatomy The 5 most important parts of proximal humerus: Greater tuberosity Lesser tuberosity Humeral head Anatomical neck (the epiphyseal plate) - located distal to the head of the humerus, at an oblique angle to the shaft of the humerus (fracture here,although rare, may lead to avascular necrosis) Surgical neck -  most frequently fractured  site of the proximal humerus (so surgeon operate here more often, hence the name, surgical neck), putting the  axillary nerve  and  posterior circumflex humeral branch  of the axillary artery at ris...

According to the latest Surviving Sepsis Campaign 2016 Guideline, sepsis is defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response to infection, while septic shock is its subset with circulatory and cellular/metabolic dysfunction associated with higher mortality risk. Below is a mind map to show you the scary effect bacteria causing a series of event leading to sepsis --> septic shock and eventually death if left untreated or treated late. The main effect of sepsis is vasodilation (arterial and venous), increased vascular permeability, global tissue hypoxia causing lactic acidosis and cellular injury, which leads to multi organ dysfunction. Recognizing sepsis Complications 1. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) 2. Acute kidney injury 3. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) 4. Chronic renal failure 5. Mesenteric ischemia 6. Myocardial ischemia and dysfunction 7. Liver failure Investigations 1. Initial lab studi...

Very often reduced fetal movement causes anxiety to mothers. They are often worried something might have gone wrong to their child. Let's us dive into this topic to understand more about it and hopefully may help future mothers to alleviate their anxiousness. So, how do we define fetal movement? Fetal movement, defined as any discrete kick, flutter, swish or roll, is very subjective. It is usually based on maternal perception and varies according to individual. Most mothers will be able to feel the movement by 20 weeks of gestation (primiparous:18-20 weeks or later than 20 weeks, multiparous: ~16 weeks onward). These movements would increase until 32nd week and will then be plateau. During afternoon and evening periods, the fetal movement is at its peak. After moving much, there will of course be a sleeping period, which could last for 20-40 minutes, rarely exceeding 90 minutes, and occur throughout day and night. Presence of fetal movement symbolises the maturity of central ne...

Hello everyone. Let's revise on how asthma happens and what are the medications available. Pathogenesis of asthma  (The basis to understanding all the medications used below, so please spend time understanding the concise version of pathogenesis. Feel free to drop a comment if there is any part that is not clear or you would like to provide us with extra info) Reference: Robbins Pathology, 8th Edition Asthma medications are divided into 2: 1. Reliever (Relief of bronchoconstriction) 2. Controller (Reduction of symptoms and prevention of attacks) RELIEVERS Beta-2 agonist (eg: salbutamol and terbutaline) Pharmacology: Rapid onset (15-30 mins) Peak: 30-60mins Duration of action: 4-6hours Mechanism of Action:  Beta adrenergic receptors are coupled to a stimulatory G protein, Gs, of adenyl cyclase (AC). AC will then catalyze the production of second messanger cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). In the lungs, cAMP reduces calcium con...

Welcome to our little blog. As an introduction, we are Jia Xin and Fion, medical graduates from USM  in 2016 far up in Kelantan . WE love to cook, bake and we're up for anything that spells adventure *squeals* Don't be surprised if there are more our versions of recipe in here than medical based blabbering instead. pff~ We are stil newbies and definitely, do comment if there is anything you would like to ask, discuss and do correct us if there is any mistakes at all. We are open to any suggestions. There is no end to learning in medicine, and we hope to learn from you guys too! Hitting 25 this year and believing or not, trying our best to face the quarter life crisis, hoping all is rainbows and unicorn but yet throw ourselves out in the wild world knowing whatever it becomes, it will definitely be a risk worth taking, an adventure worth living. ~ J&Fi ~