Showing posts with label sepsis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sepsis. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Etomidate Versus.....

Widely used as an induction agent, etomidate is an ideal agent for emergency endotracheal intubation because:of its predictability in dosingreliable hypnotic effectrapid onset short duration of actionit has no effect on histamine release, which contributes to its hemodynamic stability.Unfortunately, since the early 1980s, there has been concerns about the use of etomidate in critically ill

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Necrotizing Fasciitis

Necrotizing Fasciitis can potentially be a life-threatening and limb-threatening bacterial soft tissue infection. Although it is commonly polymicrobial, one of the notorious organism is Group A Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus (GABHS). The organisms are commonly anaerobic types as these organisms thrive well under the local tissue hypoxia environment although the anaerobic organisms can co-exist