Critical Care Education
Critical Care Education is a website created to share recent literature on practical topics in critical care. The philosophy behind this is “Learn to Share & Share to Learn”. The blogs are aimed to provoke thoughtful discussion in a Socratic manner. The blogs will cover various clinical, non-clinical topics and imaging from the critical care world. To know more, visit https://critcareedu.com.au or call 04 7856 0636
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Episodes
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Tuesday Sep 03, 2024
Paracetamol - MoA: COX inhibition preventing prostaglandin synthesis. Prevention of re-uptake of endocannabinoids. Enhancement of inhibitory serotonergic pathways
NSAID's - Non-Selective: MoA: Inhibition of COX 2 +/- COX 1 to decrease prostaglandin synthesis & hence, pain transmission.
COX-2 Selective: MoA: Selective inhibition of COX 2 to decrease prostaglandin synthesis and hence, pain transmission