Learning Objectives • Learn the common types of headache. • Understand the difference between primary and secondary headaches. • Develop an understanding of clinical presentation of specific headache types. •…
Learning Objectives • Learn the common types of headache. • Understand the difference between primary and secondary headaches. • Develop an understanding of clinical presentation of specific headache types. •…
Learning Objectives • Learn the common types of headache. • Develop an understanding of clinical presentation of specific headache types. • Learn to identify prodrome and aura. • Develop an…
Learning Objectives • Learn the common types of headache. • Understand the difference between primary and secondary headaches. • Develop an understanding of clinical presentation of specific headache types. •…
Learning Objectives • Learn the common causes of facial pain. • Learn the common types of painful rashes. • Develop an understanding of varicella zoster infection. • Learn the clinical…
“Before running the code, check your own pulse” – Dr Paul L. Bernstein, Rochester, NY 14.1 Basic Life Support When a person is found unresponsive: aIn patients found unresponsive with…
Introduction Point-of-care testing (POCT) is now common in many near-patient and critical care settings. For blood gas and electrolyte testing, this includes operating rooms (ORs), intensive care units (ICUs), cardiac…
Sources of preanalytical errors in blood gas and electrolyte testing Introduction There are numerous sources of preanalytical errors in laboratory testing. Among these are the following: • Wrong test ordered…
Routine daily quality control on blood gas instruments Most current blood gas/electrolyte/metabolite analyzers have onboard internal quality control (QC) systems that automatically monitor the stability and performance of reagents, electrodes,…
Introduction By 1900, many physicians had noted metabolic acidosis in patients who were critically ill. In 1925, Clausen identified increased lactate along with acidosis in these patients, which gave rise…
