Grand Rounds - Hammersmith Hospital (beta) Adrenergic agonists and pulmonary oedema in preterm labour Must be used with care

Hammersmith Staff Rounds

BrMedJ 1990;300:590-2 Portal vein thrombosis may be the first presentation of a hypercoagulable state. We report a case that illustrates a diagnostic approach to show the extent of the splanchnic venous thrombus and to investigate its haematological aetiology. The discussion focused on the association between portal vein thrombosis and myeloproliferative disease and controversies in managing th...

Beta-Adrenergic Agonists

Inhaled β₂-adrenoceptor (β₂-AR) agonists are considered essential bronchodilator drugs in the treatment of bronchial asthma, both as symptoms-relievers and, in combination with inhaled corticosteroids, as disease-controllers. In this article, we first review the basic mechanisms by which the β₂-adrenergic system contributes to the control of airway smooth muscle tone. Then, we go on describing ...

Grand Rounds Guy 's Hospital Thallium poisoning

BMJ 1993;306:1527-9 Thallium is a heavy metal whose salts are used in some rodent poisons and in the manufacture of optical lenses, semiconductors, scintillation counters, low temperature thermometers and switching devices, green coloured fireworks, and imitation jeweliery, and as chemical catalysts. In clinical practice thallium isotopes are used in cardiac scanning,12 but the use of thallium ...

Grand rounds.

CDC Grand Rounds: Preventing Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a large vein, usually in the leg or pelvis. Sometimes a DVT detaches from the site of formation and becomes mobile in the blood stream. If the circulating clot moves through the heart to the lungs it can block an artery supplying blood to the lungs. This condition is called pulmonary embolism. The disease process that includes DVT and/or pulmonary...