Low PPV can still be fluid responsive
Pulse pressure variation with respiration (PPV) predicts fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. Because this is due to transmission of […]
All Updates, ICU
March 2010
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Whole-body CT during trauma resuscitation
German trauma patients are more likely to survive if they have a whole body CT rather than selective scans. Or […]
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No sedation for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Danish intensivists demonstrate that just bolusing morphine without sedatives results in fewer days on a ventilator and a shortened ICU […]
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Identifying sick kids is still difficult
A systematic review to identify clinical features that have value in confirming or excluding the possibility of serious infection in […]
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Ketamine and procedural success
There is a myth that increased muscular tone caused by ketamine leads to an increased failure rate of joint manipulations […]
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Ketamine use by paramedics
A poster presentation at the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine’s Annual Scientific Conference in Melbourne in November 2009 reports 100 […]
Acute Med, All Updates
Imaging for PE in pregnancy
A review article on pulmonary embolism in pregnancy reminds us that the mortality associated with untreated PE far outweighs the […]
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Procalcitonin reduced antibiotic use
In a multicentre study in France, adult patients expected to stay in the intensive care unit for more than 3 […]
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Cardiocerebral resuscitation
An emergency medical service introduced a cardiocerebral resuscitation protocol and compared outcomes with a standard ACLS protocol. Cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR) […]
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Collapsible IVC predicts 'low' CVP
The IVC undergoes a change in diameter during the respiratory cycle. Investigators compared the degree of sonographic IVC respirophasic diameter […]