This tutorial aims to provide a basic understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. We will discuss the various stages of the surgical palliation pathway and the treatment priorities for children at each stage.

The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is a versatile monitoring device capable of measuring a wide array of haemodynamic parameters. This tutorial explores the basic physiology underpinning the PAC and it’s measurements, the structure of the PAC itself and a short...

This tutorial describes aspects of patient, facility and staff set up for day case hand and wrist surgery, while also exploring choice of anaesthetic technique for different surgical procedures.

Purpose: To determine what influence our instagram account, @accigunbosque, can have on the spread of medical knowledge, as well as the impact it may have on the actual learning process, in order to describe the utility of these accounts on...

A tutorial encompassing the roles of phosphate from a physiological & metabolic perspective, hypophosphataemia and hyperphosphataemia syndromes within the critically ill hospital population and guidance on replacement regimens orally and parenterally.

Epidurals can provide excellent neuraxial blockade for analgesia and anaesthesia. However, several elements of the technique can be varied to increase successful access of the epidural space.

In this tutorial we outline the pharmacology of the novel inotrope Levosimendan, a calcium sensitizer, and we discuss the current available evidence. We also outline several other novel inotropes in development and finally we discuss the ancient ShenFu traditional Chinese...

Los trastornos del espectro de la placenta previa y la placenta accreta son cada vez más comunes y aumentan el riesgo de morbilidad materna y neonatal. En este tutorial se describe la comprensión del abordaje quirúrgico y las complicaciones comunes...