4 results
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... • Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... : • 14-22 Fr stable ... @nickmmark #ChestTube
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Meds o Review Cxr ... the tube as it passes ... Connect to pleural drainage ... @nickmmark #ChestTube
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis ... chlorhexidine as cause ... as a possible cause ... arrest, start CPR ... as patient is stable
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Renal Calculus AXR ... recurrence or growth assessment ... obstruction - Able ... identify non-calculus causes ... for non-calculus causes