Medical mind map sources - ICU mind maps

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One of the most significant sources of medical mind maps is Life in the Fast Lane, a website edited by a team of Australian physicians. Their 353 ICU Mind Maps can be downloaded as PDF files.

They cover the following extensive range of topics in medical study:

Cardiovascular disease[edit]

Acute Coronary Syndromes /  Acute Myocardial Infarction – Complications /  Acute Pulmonary Oedema /  Acute Right Ventricular Failure /  Air Embolism /  Aortic Dissection /  Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines – 2006 changes /  Blood Supply of the Heart /  Cardiac Physiology /  Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema /  Conduction Disturbances /  Deep Vein Thrombosis /  Endocarditis /  Fat Embolism /  Heart Transplant /  Indications for Adult Cardiac Surgery /  Levosimendin /  Mechanisms of Arrhythmia /  Myocarditits /  Pericarditis /  Peripheral Arterial Disease Emergencies /  Pulmonary Embolism /  Pulmonary Hypertension /  Shock /  Sudden Cardiac Death /  Supraventicular Arrhythmias /  Treatment of Severe Heart Failure /  Troponin in Critical Illness /  Valvular Disease Emergencies /  Wide Complex Arrhythmias /  Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Dermatology[edit]

Life-threatening Cutaneous Reactions /  Pressure Areas

Equipment and Procedures[edit]

Respiratory Equipment and Procedures[edit]

Abnormal ventilator waveforms /  Adjunctive Respiratory Therapies /  Adjunctive Therapies for Oxygen /  Bag-Mask Ventilation /  Breathing circuits /  Bronchoscopy /  Endotracheal Tubes /  Failed Airway Techniques /  Haemodynamic Effects of Ventilation /  High Frequency Jet Ventilation /  Humidification (Inhalational) /  Hyperbaric Oxygen /  Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway /  Laryngeal Mask airway /  Laryngoscopes /  Mechanical Ventilation /  Oropharyngeal and Nasopharyngeal Airways /  Other Airway Devices /  Patient-Ventilator Interaction /  Percutaneous Tracheostomy /  Pleural Drainage

Other Equipment and Procedures[edit]

Central Venous Catheterisation /  Defibrillation /  Epidurals /  Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation /  Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump /  Invasive Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring /  Minnesota and Sengstaken-Blackmore Tubes /  Oesophageal Balloon Tamponade /  Overdrive Pacing /  Pacemakers – Pacing Wire Insertion /  Pacemakers – Pacing Modes /  Pacemakers – Temporary Epicardial Pacing /  Pacemakers – Troubleshooting /  Peripheral Venous Cannulae /  Physiotherapy /  Pressure Transduction Devices /  Pulmonary Artery Catheter /  Renal Replacement Therapy /  Ventricular Assist Devices

Gastrointestinal[edit]

Acute Pancreatitis /  Ascites /  Cholecystitis /  Diarrhoea in Critical Illness /  Fulminant Hepatic Failure /  Hepatopulmonary Syndrome /  Ileus /  Liver Transplant /  Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding /  Mesenteric Ischaemia /  Portal Hypertension /  Porto-Pulmonary Hypertension /  Pseudomembranous Colitis /  Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) /  Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Haematology, Oncology and Immunology[edit]

Anaemia /  Anaphylaxis /  Angioedema /  Antiphospholipid Syndrome /  Blood Transfusion Therapy /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Cardiac /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Complications /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Gastrointestinal /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Infections /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Neurological /  Bone Marrow Transplant – Renal /  Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy (DIC) /  Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (HITS) /  Haematological Malignancies /  Organ Toxicity of Chemotherapy /  The Immunosuppressed Patient /  The Neutropaenic Patient /  Transfusion-Related Acute Lung injury (TRALI) /  Transfusion Reactions /  Thrombocytopaenic-Thrombotic Purpura (TTP) /  Tumour Lysis Syndrome

Infectious Diseases and Microbiology[edit]

Antimicrobials[edit]

Antimicrobial Summary I Antimicrobial Summary II /  Aminoglycosides /  Antifungals /  Antimicrobial Allergy /  Antivirals /  Beta-Lactams in Critical Care /  Fluoroquinolones /  Glycopeptides /  Linezolid /  Macrolides /  Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance /  Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance

Infectious Diseases[edit]

Aetiology of Specific infections /  Bacteraemia – Empiric Therapy /  Bacterial Meninigtis /  Bacterial Meningitis – Directed Therapy /  Botulism /  Brain Abscess /  Bone and Joint infections /  Candidiasis, Systemic /  Causes of Fever in ICU /  Central Nervous System Viral Infections /  Common Bacteria in ICU /  Corticosteroids in Sepsis /  C-Reactive Protein (CRP) /  Fungal Infections /  Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) /  Infectious gastroenteritis – bacterial /  Infectious gastroenteritis – protozoal /  Influenza /  Intra-abdominal Infections /  Ludwig’s Angina /  Malaria /  Multiresistant bacteria /  Necrotizing Fasciitis /  Needlestick Injuries /  Nosocomial Infections /  Other Specific Infections /  Prevention of CVC Infections /  Procalcitonin /  Selective Digestive Decontamination /  Sepsis – Coagulation /  Sepsis – Diagnosis /  Sepsis – Inflammation /  Sepsis – Pathophysiology /  Sepsis – Surviving Sepsis Guidelines 2000 /  Sepsis – Treatment /  Skin and Soft Tissue Infections /  Toxic Shock Syndrome

Specific micro-organisms[edit]

Acinetobacter /  Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci /  Enterobacter /  Enterococcus /  Klebsiella /  Legionella /  Protozoans, Parasites and Rickettsia /  Pseudomonas /  Staphylococcus aureus /  Stenotrophomonas

Investigations and Monitoring[edit]

Imaging[edit]

CT Abdomen /  CT Chest /  Neuroimaging /  Radiograph: Abdominal /  Radiograph: Chest /  Radiograph: Chest – Abnormalities /  Radiograph: Pelvis /  Ultrasonography – Abdomen

Laboratory tests[edit]

Arterial Blood Gas /  Ascitic Fluid /  Autoimmune Markers /  Biochemical Abnormalities in ICU Patients /  Biochemical Abnormalities – Differential Diagnosis /  Cerebrospinal Fluid /  Coagulation tests in patients /  Coagulation tests /  Haematology Investigations /  Important ‘Gaps’ /  Joint Fluid /  Pleural Fluid

Monitoring and Other Investigations[edit]

Capnography /  Cardiac Output Monitoring /  Central Venous Pressure (CVP) Monitoring /  Electrocardiograph (ECG) Abnormalities /  Electroencephalography (EEG) /  Haemodynamic Monitoring I and Haemodynamic Monitoring II /  Intracranial Pressure (ICP) Monitoring /  Pulse Oximetry /  Respiratory Function Tests /  Temperature Measurement /  Urinalysis

Metabolism and Endocrinology[edit]

Acidosis in Renal Disease /  Additional Indices in Analysis /  Adrenal Insufficiency in Sepsis /  Approach to ABG Analysis /  Bicarbonate – Use in Critical Illness /  Calcium disorders /  Conn’s Syndrome /  Cushing Syndrome /  Diabetes Insipidus /  Hormonal Responses to Critical Illness /  Hyperkalemia – Treatment /  Hypernatraemia /  Hyperphosphataemia /  Hyperosmotic Hyperglycemic Syndrome (HHS) and Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) – Clinical Features /  Hyperosmotic Hyperglycemic Syndrome (HHS) and Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) – Treatment /  Hypoglycaemia /  Hypokalaemia /  Hyponatraemia /  Hypophosphataemia /  Hypopituitarism /  Ketoacidosis /  Lactic Acidosis /  Magnesium Disorders /  Metabolic Acidosis /  Metabolic Alkalosis /  Metabolic Responses to Critical Illness /  Myxoedema Coma – Clinical Features and Diagnosis /  Myxoedema Coma – Treatment /  Normal Anion-Gap Metabolic Acidosis (NAGMA) /  Obesity /  Phaeochromocytoma /  Respiratory Acidosis /  Respiratory Alkalosis /  Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-Diuretic Hormone (SIADH) /  Thyroid Storm – Clinical Features /  Thyroid Storm – Treatment

Neurology and Psychiatry[edit]

Bacterial Meninigtis /  Bacterial Meningitis – Directed Therapy /  Botulism /  Brain Abscess /  Brain Death /  Cerebral Neoplasm /  Cerebral Oedema /  Coma /  Epidural Abscess /  Examintion of the Comatose Patient /  Guillain-Barre Syndrome /  Hypoxic Brain Injury /  ICU-Acquired Weakness /  Intracerebral Haemorrhage /  Intracranial Hypertension – Management /  Ischaemic Stroke /  Lacunar Syndromes /  Motor Neuron Disease /  Myasthenia Gravis /  Neurocritical Care /  Neuroimaging /  Periodic Paralysis /  Respiratory Failure – Neuromuscular causes /  Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy /  Seizures in the Critically Ill /  Spinal Injury /  Subarachnoid Haemorrhage /  Suicide /  Tetanus /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Management /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Mechanisms /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Prognosis /  Venous Sinus Thrombosis /  Viral Infections of the Central Nervous System

Nutrition[edit]

Assessment of Nutritional status /  Enteral Nutrition /  Glutamine /  Micronutrients /  Nutrition /  Parenteral Nutrition

Obstetrics and Gynaecology[edit]

Airway Problems in Pregnancy /  Amniotic Fluid Embolism /  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy /  Ectopic Pregnancy /  Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy /  Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome /  Peripartum Cardiomyopathy /  Physiology of Pregnancy /  Pelvic Inflammatory Disease /  Respiratory Failure in Pregnancy /  Pre-existing Disease in Pregnancy /  Pulmonary Embolism in Pregnancy /  Septic Shock in Pregnancy

Respiratory[edit]

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) /  Acute Severe Asthma /  Airway Obstruction /  Aspiration Syndromes /  Community-Acquired Pneumonia /  COPD /  Haemoptysis /  Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia /  Lung Transplant /  Non-Cardiogenic Pulmonary Oedema /  Pleural Disease /  Pneumonia in the Immunocompromised /  Pulmonary Mechanics /  Respiratory Physiology /  Tuberculosis /  Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia – diagnosis /  Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia – prophylaxis

(Also see the Respiratory section of Equipment and Procedures)[edit]

Renal[edit]

Acute Renal Failure /  CAPD peritonitis /  Contrast-induced Nephropathy /  Nephrolithiasis /  Renal Replacement Therapy /  Rhabdomyolysis /  TURP syndrome

Statistics and Evidence[edit]

Levels of Evidence /  Statistics /  Types of Studies

Toxicology[edit]

Alcoholic Ketoacidosis /  Alcohol Withdrawal /  Antidepressants, Other /  Antidotes /  Approach to the Poisoned Patient /  Calcium Channel Overdose /  Carbon Monoxide Poisoning /  Digoxin /  Envenomation /  Ethanol and Toxic Alcohol Poisoning /  Hyperthermia /  Hypothermia /  Lithium Overdose /  Local Anesthetic Systemic Toxicity /  Malignant Hyperthermia /  NSAIDs /  Opioids /  Organophosphates /  Paracetamol Overdose /  Sedative-Hypnotics /  Specific Overdoses I and Specific Overdoses II /  Specific Problems in the Poisoned Patient /  Theophylline and Other Methylxanthines /  Tricyclic Antidepressants

Trauma[edit]

Abdominal Trauma – Assessment /  Abdominal Trauma – ICU Management /  Assessment Principles in Trauma /  Emergency Thoracotomy /  Glasgow Coma Scale /  Head Injury /  Laryngeal and Tracheal Injury /  Spinal Injury /  Thoracic Trauma /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Management /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Mechanisms /  Traumatic Brain Injury – Prognosis

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