Clopidogrel and aspirin for TIA
A large Chinese trial compared aspirin alone with combination aspirin / clopidogrel in patients who had had a TIA in […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
July 2013
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Family presence during resuscitation
Families allowed to be present during attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation had improved psychological outcomes at ninety days. Adult family members of […]
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Age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values
Age adjusted D-dimer cut-off values (age×10 µg/L) improve specificity without losing sensitivity for venous thromboembolism. This could spare many elderly […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Restricting transfusion in upper GI bleeding
Improved outcomes and reduced complications were associated with a restrictive transfusion strategy in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Note that […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax?
A Taiwanese study demonstrated a lower recurrence rate when primary spontaneous pneumothoraces requiring drainage received pleurodesis using minocycline(1). However, significantly […]
Acute Med, All Updates, PHARM, Resus
Isolated LAFB and outcome
A small study followed up an older cohort of patients with isolated left anterior fascicular block on their ECG (isolated […]
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5 days of steroids for COPD exacerbation
A randomised trial showed 5 days of oral steroid therapy (40 mg prednisone) was non-inferior to 14 days’ duration in […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Potential new therapy for acute heart failure
Interesting new drug to know about: Serelaxin, recombinant human relaxin-2. It’s hard to assess the clinical significance of the statistically […]
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Blood products in trauma & survivor bias
The observation that patients with haemorrhagic trauma in military and civilian settings do better if they receive coagulation factors and […]
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Stroke thrombolysis outcomes from registry
Data from a large national stroke registry are reported to show that in patients who received tPA, outcomes were worse […]