Vasopressin in Pediatric Vasodilatory Shock
This Canadian multi-centre study on 65 children compared vasopressin infusions with placebo in children with vasodilatory shock who had already […]
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October 2009
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Don't ignore hypotension in the emergency department!
Another paper shows hypotension in the ED is an ominous sign. Nonsustained hypotension – even a single episode – was […]
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Tracheal deviation in infants
It is common for the infant trachea to deviate to the right, with a frequency of 50% at one year, […]
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Fast Hugs Twice a Day on the ICU?
Two guys from the States have proposed a modification to the FAST HUG mnemonic for reminding ICU teams of some […]
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The relationship between body temperature, heart rate and respiratory rate in children
Vital signs from children seen at two emergency departments (but not admitted, so as to exclude those with serious illness) […]
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Frog leg position for femoral vein cannulation
An ultrasound study of 80 children from 5 pre-determined age groups showed that the femoral veins increased their diameter in […]
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Detecting congenital heart disease with oximetry
Currently, critical congenital heart disease is not detected in some newborns until after their hospital discharge, but some may be […]
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Infant CPR – push deeper?
A small study of 6 PICU patients requiring CPR for cardiac arrest due to primary cardiac disease showed that blood […]
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Amethocaine versus EMLA
A double blind randomised trial comparing amethocaine (Ametop) with EMLA was conducted on 679 kids in a New Zealand emergency […]
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Is cerebral oxygenation negatively affected by infusion of norepinephrine in healthy subjects?
An interesting study on nine healthy volunteers demonstrated noradrenaline infusions to increase MAP without increasing cardiac output (by increasing systemic […]