Causes and Aetiology of Pain in Cancer
Iain Lawrie
0.50 Hours
This session describes the various types of pain experienced by cancer patients and reviews the causes of these pain types, generally, and with reference to specific pathophysiological mechanisms.
Assessment of Children's Pain
Ben Thomas and Becky Saul
0.50 Hours
This session describes the assessment of pain in paediatric practice highlighting the different methodologies used when assessing acute and chronic pain.
Practical Issues in Neuropathic Pain Medicine
John Wilson and Shankar Ramaswamy
0.50 Hours
This session reviews the pharmacology of some of the common drugs used to treat neuropathic pain and considers the practical aspects of using these drugs, including a review of the current evidence for their use.
Common Chronic Pain Conditions 1 PHN, PDPN, TGN
Vinay S Anjana-Reddy
0.50 Hours
This session describes the common chronic pain conditions of post-herpetic neuralgia, painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy, HIV-related and AIDS-related pain and trigeminal neuralgia.
Diagnosis and Evaluation of Neuropathic Pain
Oliver van Hecke
0.50 Hours
This session describes the symptoms and signs associated with neuropathic pain, its diagnosis and the multimodal approach to its treatment.
Central and Widespread Pain
Udaya Chakka and John Hughes
0.50 Hours
This session provides an overview of the most common chronic pain conditions.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Rajesh Narendran
0.50 Hours
This session describes the types of CRPS, the criteria used for diagnosis, pathophysiology, principles of management and recent research on CRPS.
Opioids with Weak and Partial Agonist Ativity and Opioid Antagonists
Jeremy Nightingale
0.50 Hours
This session covers the pharmacology and uses of weak opioids such as codeine, partial agonist and mixed agonist/antagonist drugs, and problems associated with their use. It also examines the pharmacology and use of μ receptor antagonists.
Aminosteroid Neuromuscular Blocking Agents
RG Craig and Christopher J Parker
0.50 Hours
This session explores the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the aminosteroid neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs). It explores: the relationship between the chemical structure of these agents, their potency and their route of elimination; the relationship between potency and rate of onset; the use of neuromuscul....
Benzylisoquinolinium Muscle Relaxants
Charlene Grassmann and Christopher J Parker
0.50 Hours
This session is about the benzylisoquinolinium neuromuscular blocking agents. The session also compares the currently available benzylisoquinoliniums with the ideal muscle relaxant, and considers the relationship between structure and the pharmacological properties of these drugs. Finally, the session highlights the cardiovascul....
Antihistamines
Mark Forrest
0.50 Hours
This session describes drugs that act on the H1 receptor to counteract the effects of histamine, explores the indications, mechanism of action, side-effect profiles and the reasons for the various indications of commonly encountered antihistamines.
Anticoagulants
Niall O´Keeffe and Hesham Saad
0.50 Hours
This session describes the pharmacology and management of anticoagulants.
Antibiotics: Mechanisms of Action
Alastair Rose and Andrew Quinn
0.50 Hours
This session will enable you to understand the differences in cell structure between bacteria and human cells. Antibiotics exploit these differences so they can target bacteria without causing harm to host cells. Antibiotics can either affect cell wall synthesis, protein synthesis, DNA replication and can also inhibit various en....
Density and Viscosity
Harriet Wood
0.50 Hours
This session covers density and viscosity and the implications of these on the measurement of flow, as well as the physical properties of the gases commonly used in clinical practice.
Checking of Anaesthetic Equipment
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.50 Hours
Anaesthetic practice involves the extensive daily use of equipment. Routine checking of this equipment is essential in the safe delivery of anaesthetic care. This session provides an overview of the principles of checking the anaesthetic equipment used in current common practice, in accordance with the recommendations of the Ass....
Equipment used In Epidural Anaesthesia
André van Zundert and Baha Al Shaikh
0.50 Hours
Epidural anaesthesia is a very popular central neuraxial block technique used worldwide. Various designs of needles, catheters, filters and loss-of-resistance devices have been used. This session explores the history of the equipment used in epidural anaesthesia and provides an overview of the basic design of epidural needles, l....
CEACCP: Myasthenia gravis
Murali Thavasothy DCH, MRCP, FRCA and Nicholas Hirsch FRCA
0.50 Hours
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune condition in which IgG autoantibodies interact with the postsynaptic acetylcholine receptors (AChR) at the nicotinic neuromuscular junction (NMJ).
Pulmonary Hypertension: Part 2
Deepa Gopalan
In this session, you will discover features specific to various causes of pulmonary hypertension (PHT), treatment of these causes and the role of imaging in the follow-up of specific cases of PHT.
Causes, Investigation and Management of Valvular Disease in Pregnancy
Sara Thorne
0.50 Hours
Valvular heart disease may be poorly tolerated in pregnancy; its recognition, assessment and management is detailed in this session.
Causes and Investigation of Coma
Adrian James Varley and Anthony Absalom
0.50 Hours
An overview of the causes, investigation and immediate management of the comatose patient.
Pharmacological Changes During Pregnancy
William Brampton
An introduction to pregnancy associated changes in pharmacology and the effects of drugs upon the uterus and fetus.
Common Electrolyte Disorders (K, Mg Po4)
Clare Hayes-Bradley
0.50 Hours
This session will discuss the management of critically ill patients with abnormalities in serum potassium (K+), magnesium (Mg2+) and phosphate (PO42-).
Pancreas: Pancreatitis Diagnosis (Acute)
Mark Callaway and Conor Corr
0.50 Hours
This session will cover the role of imaging in diagnosis and management of acute pancreatitis, along with complications and the role of interventional radiology management of the patient.
Review article: Intestinal Failure
S. Lal, A Teubner and Dr J L Shaffer
0.50 Hours
Intestinal failure is a specific disease entity resulting from intestinalresection or disease-associated malabsorption and characterized by theinability to maintain protein-energy, fluid, electrolyte or micronutrientbalance.
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia - Introduction, Diagnosis and Management
Jenny Briggs
0.50 Hours
This session describes the pathophysiology, diagnosis and initial management priorities in newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and complications that may require critical care input. It also covers how concurrent AML and its treatment may impact on critical illness.