Based at the University Hospitals of Leicester, we serve the educational needs of healthcare practitioners in Acute & Emergency Medicine across the East Midlands, UK
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Patients who are in acute hypercapnic/type 2 respiratory failure may need NIV to stabilise their situation. For those requiring acute NIV can be associated with a mortality rate of up to 50% within one year.
Paediatric foreign body insertion or ingestion of objects is common. Removing them, however, can be a tricky task! Test your knowledge with TEN typical patient cases and decide what YOU would do next…
There are between 5000-6000 new TB cases every year in England (UK), with those in lower socioeconomic environments being most at risk.
Asbestosis is diffuse interstitial fibrosis of the lung as a consequence of exposure to asbestos fibres, resulting in various types of cancer.
Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) or Type 2 respiratory failure, is a failure of ventilation leading to acute hypercapnia with an element of hypoxia and can be life-threatening.
Asthma is a life-changing disease and (in the UK) about 3 people a day die as a consequence.
Here's a quick guide for identifying the signs of primary and secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.
"75 year old male, 2 day history of productive cough and fever. Increasing DIB and confusion." His blood gas shows acidosis and hypercapnoea, how will you manage him?
"A 14 year old girl is called through by paramedics with sats of 89% in air and wheeze. They have given a 5mg Salbutamol nebuliser with little improvement. ETA 5 minutes."
