CALC: Noradrenaline dosing

Noradrenaline Infusion Calculator Dose in micrograms (μg) per kilogram per minute Infusion Strength (80 μg/mL) Single4mg/50mL Double8mg/50mL Quad16mg/50mL Parameters Patient weight kg Infusion rate mL/h Noradrenaline dose: 0.10 μg/kg/min Show Equations Equations Single → 80 μg/mL (4mg/50mL) Double → 160 μg/mL (8mg/50mL) Quad → 320 μg/mL (16mg/50mL) μg/min = (rate [mL/h] × concentration [μg/mL]) ÷ […]

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Journal Relevance Factors

This will be a list of some of the top critical care journals, with their Impact Factors, Scimago Journal Rank (more robust than IF) and H-index. IF (from Clarivate) and SJR (from Scopus) are released yearly, around June/July, whereas H-index is continuously updated. This tool auto-checks for updates once a week. If you have any […]

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CALC: Vancomycin Levels

This is likely to be disastrously wrong, I’m just tinkering here with the code to see how a calculation package might look. Please, do not use any of this information. Beta Vancomycin Level & Half-life (AU) Calculator Intermittent dosing at a fixed infusion rate of 1000 mg/h. Add doses & levels; the calculator estimates k, […]

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Educational IT

I’ll start a living list of educational online resources to enrich your teaching. I’ll eventually make it into a more database-y look when I have time. My Free Bingo Cards https://myfreebingocards.com Create a bingo game, with customised titles etc Jeopardy Labs https://jeopardylabs.com Create a jeopardy game for use as a teaching game Kahoot https://kahoot.com Create […]

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CALC Mech Power

Gattinoni Mechanical Power — VCV (Long-form, I:E single slider) Gattinoni Mechanical Power — VCV (Square Flow, Long-form) Respiratory rate (RR): 15 breaths·min⁻¹ Tidal volume (VT): 500 mL Peak pressure (Ppeak): 35.0 cmH2O Plateau pressure (Pplat): 25.0 cmH2O Total PEEP (PEEPtotal): 10.0 cmH2O Inspiratory flow (Flow): 60 L·min⁻¹ (set 0 to derive from I:E) I:E ratio: […]

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Retrieval Rider

This is the kit you should always take with you on retrieval / transport runs. It should be small, able to be carried in a large pocket or very small bag, and reasonably light weight. On most short (<2h total travel time) transports you will likely use none of it, but as transport times become […]

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PHYScalc: PAPi

Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index (PAPi) PA systolic: 35 mm Hg mm Hg PA diastolic: 15 mm Hg mm Hg Right atrial pressure (CVP): 8 mm Hg mm Hg PAPi: 2.50 What PAPi measures: ratio of pulmonary artery pulse pressure to right atrial pressure (RV pulsatility vs congestion). Rule-of-thumb interpretation: Normal / healthy RV: > 1.5–2.0 RV dysfunction: < […]

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PROGNOSIS calc: VV ECMO

A calculator put together, for interest only, of various ECMO prognosis calculators. They might be wrong. Check everything. VV ECMO Prognostic Scores (RESP • PRESERVE • PRESET • ECMOnet • Roch) Patient / Demographics Age (years) BMI (kg/m²) Height/Weight mode Show Height (cm) Weight (kg) If Height and Weight are provided, BMI auto-updates. Medical History […]

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