Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
Orthopaedic - amputation..again
Salam semua..hari ni aA post call...esok keje lagi..
alhamdulillah masih diberi kekuatan untuk menghadapi hari2 mencabar di tahun 2011 ni..
sejak aA masuk ortho ni..banyak betul kes amputation yang aA handle..
setakat ni je..aA dah assist 3 kali Above Knee Amputation, 1 kali Below Knee Amputation dan 1 kali Hip Disarticulation..dan tolong setelkan kes-kes untuk amputation yang aA tak assist tapi sekadar tolong refer kes kat doctor bius untuk book dewan bedah iaitu lagi 1 AKA dan 2 BKA..fuuuuhhh...
bos pun kata kalo aA onkol je mesti ada amputation...
susah sebenarnya nak wat decision sama ada perlu amputation ke tak...melibatkan kehilangan anggota badan sepanjang hayat..melibatkan ahli keluarga dan penjagaan serta motivasi selepas keluar dari wad..banyak benda nak kena pikir..
berat tanggungjawab jadi Pakar ni..
Kes 1 : Below Knee Amputation..
kes ni belum buat lagi..KIV je..
kami ada offer BKA untuk sorang patient ni..
23 years old..baru start keje kat satu kedai la..
accident naik motor dalam 3 minggu lepas..dan kesannya, kaki kanan dia hancur remuk..tulang pun hancur..cuma xputus jer..
tapi kaki dia paling teruk la..
sejak 3 minggu lepas, wound debridement and multiple operation done untuk construct balik dia nyer kaki..
tapi bahagian tapak kaki tu tetap xsembuh lagi..
pagi tadi masa round, team kami offer BKA untuk dia..masa tu dia nampak senyum2 la..
memang la..kalo wat BKA..peluang untuk sembuh tinggi..tak der la kena cuci luka tiap2 hari..and tak der chronic pain la..tp kesan lain, especially dari segi psikologi, of course yang paling terjejas la..
bayangkan dia baru 23 tahun..belum kawen..cun dan cantik...baru nk mula keje..tetiba kehilangan kaki..memang sedih kan..
masa explain tadi..yes..dia senyum2 bila kata cepat sembuh kalo wat BKA...tapi selepas tu, aA ternampak mata dia bergenang air mata..
masa tu, aA sendiri rasa sebak..
tak boleh nak bayangkan kalo aA berada kat tempat dia..
semoga dia kuat hadapi dugaan ni..
Kes 2 : Above Elbow Amputation...
kes ni pun kena budak muda gak..
19 tahun..lelaki melayu..
accident tengah hari naik motor gak..accident ngan lori..
akibatnya, tangan kanan dia putus terus..hancur gak..tak boleh nak sambung dah...
tambah lagi ngan patah tulang tengkuk..di mana dia jadi lumpuh kedua2 kaki..
sedihnya kalo jadi mak ayah dia...
dah la budak ni memang jenis byk guna tgn kanan..
dah daftarkan dia under OKU..belum kuar wad lagi..
Bila keje kat orthopaedic ni..memang bukak mata and minda kita mcm mana nak terangkan risiko dan komplikasi sebab setiap keputusan dan management yang kita bagi pada patient akan menentukan dan memberi kesan jangka masa panjang terhadap kehidupan dia..
bukan boleh wat main2...
tu la..bila kita rasa diri kita susah dan dah rasa stress dengan dugaan yang ciput ni..ingat lah..orang lain lagi berat dugaannya,,
and bersyukur lah kita diduga..itu menandakan Allah memberi peringatan kat kita..supaya kita tak sesat kat dunia ni..
Sunday, 9 January 2011
Dah ada P
Salam sejahtera semua..
alhamdulillah akhirnya aA dapat gak lesen P..
hik hik hik...

dgn semangat Never Give Up..kali ni memang bersungguh giler r gi belajar kete..
dan masa pagi nak exam tu..even tekak ni rasa kering sangat, tapi air xleh nak masuk pun..
rasa loya sangat2...dada xyah cakap la..
memang palpitation tahap SVT gtu..
pagi 20hb Disember 2010 tu memang bangun awal la...tak lena tidur...
seawal 7.20am, cikgu kelas memandu datang ambik kat kuarters..
aA sesi pertama dan yg ke-19..
Part A : bukit, parking, 3 penjuru
masa tgh tunggu turn, kepala ni memang tak habih2 duk pikir pasal lulus jer..tak berani langsung nak pikir pasal fail...
Lulus..lulus...lulus...
hati plak..hanya pada Allah..kita tahu masa tu Dia sentiasa bersama kita kan..
alhamdulillah aA lepas semua ni..
masa kuar dari kereta tu..on the way ke pondok JPJ..memang muka senyum lebar giler r..
sampai kan JPJ tu kata "amboi..lebar betul senyum.."..
"mana la senyum tak lebar..dah 4 kali test..ni baru lepas.."
"ooo..awak la rupanya calon yang dah banyak kali repeat tu..saya tercari2 yang mana satu la.."
ooopppsss....adakah seseorang telah membocorkan rahsia lampau...hahahah...biarkan..kegagalan lepas dah jadi kenangan manis buat sekarang...heheh...
Part B : Jalan Raya..
yang ni ada cikgu ajar guna ayat bodek..tapi bagi aA ..aA takkan guna ayat bodek tu sebab kalo aA pikir nak guna ayat tu, means aA dah set yang dalam mind yang aA akan fail..so, ikut konsep The Secret..pikir lulus jer...
masa tunggu turn Jalan Raya..memang lama r coz ada 2 pegawai je..so, nk hbh kan 21 org memang panas bontot menunggu..aA kunyah skittles jer..dah start ngantuk kan..
tetiba ada sorg JPJ yg mula2 jaga part A..ambik turn untuk jalan raya..dia ni muka serius..senyap je..
org pertama yg dipanggil untuk naik keta ngan dia adalah.....Aa la..
habih heran org lain apsal aA dapat potong line..
masa kat atas keta tu..aA dah thought block..xtahu nak cakap aper...yg penting tanya dia nak gi jalan mana..n borak2 bosan gtu...
untuk part ni..aA dapat 18/20...
alhamdulillah..sekali lagi bila kuar keta..memang senyum lebar la..
tapi xleh nak mesej sesaper coz ditakdirkan aA tertinggal henset kat rumah...hahahah...
memang 20hb Disember 2010 hari yang paling best la bagi tahun 2010..
LULUS EXAM kan...hik hik hik..
so, aim baru adalah....beli kereta plak...
Monday, 6 December 2010
TEST..EXAM...
Ingat lagi tak post yang sebelum ni..pasal AKA tu..
yessss.....
pakcik tu dah selamat keluar dari wad dengan gembiranya..senyum lebar je dia..
seems like dia boleh terima kehilangan kaki dia tu..
dia nampak sangat sihat la masa tu...Alhamdulillah...
dan bos plak tak habis-habis duk ungkit pasal habih operation kul 2 pagi sedangkan masa tu HO lain lena diulit mimpi, kami dua sejuk kat dalam OT...hahaha...
dia pun kata dia puas hati dan memang unsangkarable la outcome pakcik tu..
mana tak nya...masa masuk memang teruk giler dengan Arterial Blood Gas yang sebegitu rupa..
Yang best bila Bos kata "Nadiah pun boleh buat AKA next time..dah belajar kan...welcome to Ortho.."
ooopppsss..adakah aA akan pilih Ortho untuk speciality later on?? akan dipertimbangkan..
hehehe...
last time oncall hari Sabtu lepas pun, Bos siap ada terangkan lagi camner nak wat Incision and Drainage untuk sorg patient yg ada intramuscular abscess...dia explain kat aA and mintak sampaikan pada new MO yg terpaksa ganti MO senior oncall hari tu...
lagi la semangat nak belajar Ortho ni...hmmm...
berkenaan tajuk post ni..
aA gi belajar kete hari ahad semalam..dah dinilai la..so, test JPJ adalah pada 20hb disember...
takut nya...
cam cepat sangat plak..
Ya Allah..tolong lah hamba Mu ini menhadapi exam JPJ untuk kali ke-4 dalam hidup yang baru 25 tahun ni..
berdebar nya lebih sebab dah banyak kali ulang kan...
risau pun ada..tapi apa pun yang kita pikir, itu yang kita dapat kan..(ikut cam konsep The Secret yang aA wat before aA baca buku tu sendiri)..
so,
jom pikir ramai2...
"aA lulus test and dapat lesen P pada 20hb Disember"..
"aA bawak kete baru menjelang january 2011"..
apa lagi ye ayat best..hmmmm...
"20hb disember 2010 akan jadi hari yang paling best bagi aA..."
and etc..
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Orthopaedic Posting - Above Knee Amputation
Salam sejahtera kepada semua yang membaca..
Hari ini hari Ahad..weekend yang free..
sepatutnya ada oncall tapi oncall dah diambil oleh HO baru yang baru lepas off tag..so, last Friday was my last oncall for this month..
Hari ni boleh kata duk saja2 jer kat rumah..sorang
2..
Petang tadi sempat gi belajar kereta..ambik lesen memandu untuk kali kedua..kan dulu dah pernah gagal 3x..hahaha..(memalukan tapi itulah kenangan)
Sejak semalam gak, duk belek buku anatomi lower limbs..naper tiba2 rajin ni??
oohhoooo...hari jumaat lepas aA diberi peluang untuk assist operation Above Knee Amputation..
ni dikira sebagai major operation la jugak..
aA dapat assist as 1st assistant dengan Bos (specialist) yg mana masa tu MO takder coz ada kes emergency kat A&E..
memula takut la jugak nak assisst coz that's was my first time..memang tak pernah tengok operation tu before ni..
nasib baik Bos baik..dia kata takper..sure boleh buat nyer..
so, sepanjang operation tu, nak elakkan rasa takut dan gelabah, aA asyik tanya jer Bos..Bos asyik jawab..tapi bila Bos tanya pasal anatomy, terus aA senyap..
paling memalukan bila tak boleh identified sciatic nerve yang besar giler tu...aiyyyoo...
k..jom kita mula dengan kes patient ni and kenapa proceed dengan AKA..
This patient is only 58 years old..malay gentleman..claimed newly diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus since 1 month ago..
came in with complaint of pain and foul smelling discharge of left lower limb..also for 1 month duration and since then not well ambulating..got fever on
and off..
that's the only history i can get from this patient as he's already became drowsy and lethargic.
on examination, patient's GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale) fluctuate between 14-15..but for me, patient is already 14/15. lethargic and septic looking. also tachypneic..
He was also very dehydrated with very high body temperature : 39.7 degree Celcius.
Blood pressure still normal, but he's tachycardic..
Cardiovascular system still normal... Right lungs got crepitations and reduce air entry at the base.
His left lower limb got wet gangrene a
t the medial and lateral side of the foot...with pus discharge. The skin was bluish and greyish..foul smelly.. (u can even smell it as far as 5 metres away)..Also got crepitus at the level up to just below knee.. (means he's got Necrotising Fasciitis)..
Investigations result... Hb : 9.7 (anaemic), WBC : 36.9 (he's in sepsis) and Platelet 355.
Renal profile deranged markedly.. Urea 38.3 (very high) Natrium 122 (very low) Potassium 4.9 and Serum Creatinine 414..
ECG shows sinus tachycardia.. Chest X-ray shows bilateral upper lobe haziness with elevated right hemidiaphragm and borderline cardiomegaly.
X-ray of left lower limbs shows gas shadows up to knee level with sclerotic vessel.. (later on i will try to get the X-ray image)
we started him with IV Tienam.
Then, after we do some fluid challenge based on CVP reading, we proceed with the operation..after confirming that he got ICU bed available.

Haaaa...itu lah kisahnya..
So, around 1130pm, patient ni ditolak masuk ke dewan bedah..0002 hours, operation started.
Start memula dengan skin incision.. Fish mouth incision..ini supaya bila dah habih semua, stump yang dijahit tu comey jer..mcm mulut ikan.. 15cm from the joint line..tanda dengan marker pen yang sterile punya
Kami potong subcutaneous tissue guna diathermy (ni bos yang pegang)..and aA pegang non-tooth forcep (apa ntah nama dia..bunyik cam MacKindo jer..nanti semula aA check balik ). forceps ni in case kalo ada bleeders (blood vessels yang nampak, aA catch then bos burn kan..so, tak la bleeding..)bila dah nampak muscle...Bos carik sesuatu kat medial side..dangerous area..iaitu big blood vessels..femoral artery and veins semua ada kat situ..penting ntuk settlekan tempat ni dulu..kalo terpotong, means banyaklah bleeding.
Kat sini, aA tolong pegang jer artery tu dgn artery fo
rceps sambil Bos ligated the vessels..
boleh nampak sangat yang vessels pakcik ni dah sclerosis..kuning dan keras..
dah settle part ni..
proceed dengan cutting the muscle..guna diathermy jer..still sama..aA pegang forceps untuk catch bleeders..
bila dah exposed bone..which was Femur (tulang paha)..alat yang diapanggil periosteum elevator digunakan untuk separatekan muscle and periosteum dari tulang..nampak licin jer tulang tu...kikis2 jer..
then, langkah seterusnya untuk potong tulang yang keras tu...
guna bone saw atau namanya Gigli..
alat ni alah wayar yang macam breaded..ada handle kat dua2 belah..
bila nak potong tulang ni..aA tekan pakcik ni punya lutut and scrub nurse tekan bahagian atas paha..sambil bos guna Gigli ni untuk potong tulang tu dengan hebatnya..berhabuk tulang tu jadi nya..

dah potong tulang tu, sambung lagi potong muscle kat bahagian belakang part..time ni, bos bagi aA peluang untuk guna diathermy and the other way round...best best...
bukan setakat muscle, nerve pun dipotong gak...
masa ni la yang Bos tanya nerve apa tu..aA tak ingat and xleh jawab..rupanya itulah Sciatic Nerve..besar nya..mcm satu ibu jari lebarnya..
kami catch nerve tu, then wash stump tu dengan Normal Saline dan povidone..dah cuci semua, proceed untuk settle kan nerve tu..
Bos kata, Nerve tu kena tarik panjang2 dulu then calmp the proximal part..potong the baru ligated..so, nerve stump yang tinggal akan masuk dalam muscle..kalo tak wat camtu, nerve end tu kat hujung stump akan cause pain pada patient tu..
oooo...baru paham..
last sekali, kami jahit layers muscle dengan muscle then fascia dengan fascia..
aA pun dapat peluang jahit skin...hi hi hi..
dah jahit semua..stump tu dibalut dengan stump bandage dengan sangat berseni...
chewahhh...ada skill tu nak balut..
operation tu ambik masa 99 minit..
kul 0141 tamat..
patient tu dihantar ke ICU sebab sepsis and kira tak stable la...
agak penat tapi that was very good experience for me..rasa honoured untuk assist kes tu..dah l takder MO nak guide untuk tulis operation note..aA tulis jer la..ikut apa yang Bos cakap roughly after operation...hahahah...
Moral of this post : jangan takut even untuk kali pertama..kalo takut, cuba carik benda lain untuk distract rasa takut tu such as..cakap banyak2, tanya banyak2...hahaha..
then, if u got diabetes..make sure u have good foot hygiene..if ada luka, jgn nak tangguh2 sampai dah merebak..nanti kena potong..
emmmm lagi...kalo ada kes, tulis blog lagi..so, that senang nak ingat management and procedure. cam recall balik la...k..bateri dah nak habih..adiosss
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Obs Gyn Posting..
Salam sejahtera semua..
Dah lama tak update blog ni..kebetulan hari ni, esok dan lusa aA cuti..boleh la update..
Sambung tentang O&G Posting..teringat pula masa aA 3rd call (Ho yang kena bersedia if ada operation eg: caesarean, etc) pada satu hari.
23 years old, Indonesian Gravida 2 Para 1 (with no living child). The first baby died just after birth around 3 years ago..admitted for labour pain at 40 weeks of gestation. Around an overnight stay at ward. The next morning, she was sent to labour room with OS 3 cm. The progression of the labour quite slow initially..from 3cm to 8 cm take about almost 7 hours..
When we about to finish, noted blood gushing out from the birth canal..very thin (cair)..and maroon in colour.. we searched and explore the source of the bleed..it’s from the uterus..is it the uterus became atonic??i massaged the uterus, well contracted..
And the BP started to drop, the pulse rate raised..the anaesth trying to insert the central venous line using ultrasound guided. Failed..
Then we unscrubed..patient currently in DIVC (disseminated intravascular coagulopathy)with hypovolaemic shock..because of too much bleeding, the coagulation component already been used up and end up with the blood unable to clot.
We infused 3 cycle of DIVC regime (FFP,Cryoprecipitate and Platelet). My friend who in-charge labour room that night also got bz with that case. She has to run from the labour room to Blood Bank and to OT. It’s very tiring..and us who were in the OT, need to compress the DIVC regime packs with our own hand..with both of our hand rasied up..at least 30 bags..
At that time, the blood still pouring out from the uterus..Hysterectomy cannot be carried out because of the coagulopathy. ABG at that time shows severe metabolic acidosis..
After the BP have been stabilized, the patient was transferred to ICU around 12am.
At 2am, I had another call for another caesaerean that night. Uneventful..around 3.45am, only 5 minutes after I finished my job at OT, again, I was call to ICU.. that patient actually already in asystole..my friend do the CPR and I help the Anaesth specialist to infuse 4th cycle of DIVC regime.
As the patient’s condition is very bad, I was asked by my specialist to explain the condition to the husband.. it’s the hardest task for me..
I explained the condition slowly and the husband cried in front of me..
Not even reached 5 minutes after the explanation, I was informed that the patient already gone.
Itu lah oncall yang paling saya akan ingat..the patient is only 23 years old..and this case went to Maternal Mortality audit..which was carried out around 6 weeks ago..where I’m already in Medical Posting.
A healthy 2.9kg baby girl was born around 5.30pm..however, the complication goes to the mother. She suddenly had tachycardia (increase the heart rate) with massive per vaginal bleed..diagnosed as primary PPH secondary to extended tear of vaginal wall..estimated blood loss around 1 litre.
She was push to the OT immediately and I was call to get ready to assist the MO in the OT.
In the OT, the patient was put under GA (general anaesthesia)..repair of the vaginal wall went uneventful. The tears were very large…until it’s like u can put ur hold hand in the tear..
In the OT, the patient was put under GA (general anaesthesia)..repair of the vaginal wall went uneventful. The tears were very large…until it’s like u can put ur hold hand in the tear..

And the BP started to drop, the pulse rate raised..the anaesth trying to insert the central venous line using ultrasound guided. Failed..
Then we unscrubed..patient currently in DIVC (disseminated intravascular coagulopathy)with hypovolaemic shock..because of too much bleeding, the coagulation component already been used up and end up with the blood unable to clot.
We infused 3 cycle of DIVC regime (FFP,Cryoprecipitate and Platelet). My friend who in-charge labour room that night also got bz with that case. She has to run from the labour room to Blood Bank and to OT. It’s very tiring..and us who were in the OT, need to compress the DIVC regime packs with our own hand..with both of our hand rasied up..at least 30 bags..

At that time, the blood still pouring out from the uterus..Hysterectomy cannot be carried out because of the coagulopathy. ABG at that time shows severe metabolic acidosis..
After the BP have been stabilized, the patient was transferred to ICU around 12am.
At 2am, I had another call for another caesaerean that night. Uneventful..around 3.45am, only 5 minutes after I finished my job at OT, again, I was call to ICU.. that patient actually already in asystole..my friend do the CPR and I help the Anaesth specialist to infuse 4th cycle of DIVC regime.
As the patient’s condition is very bad, I was asked by my specialist to explain the condition to the husband.. it’s the hardest task for me..
I explained the condition slowly and the husband cried in front of me..
Not even reached 5 minutes after the explanation, I was informed that the patient already gone.
Itu lah oncall yang paling saya akan ingat..the patient is only 23 years old..and this case went to Maternal Mortality audit..which was carried out around 6 weeks ago..where I’m already in Medical Posting.
Sunday, 25 July 2010
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