A big brain saves a little one
Something I’ve been teaching for years – but never actually done – has been described in a case report from […]
All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Prehospital fluids for head injury – keep it simple
Just in case you thought you might be missing some recent gem on what we should be giving patients with […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound
Ultrasound for pneumonia
Lung ultrasound done by a single keen individual had better test characteristics than CXR in diagnosing pneumonia as defined by […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Potassium levels and AMI death
An association is demonstrated between abnormal (both high and low) serum potassium levels and in-hospital mortality in patients with acute […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Steroid replacement after etomidate: no benefit
More fuel for the etomidate debate… In essence: Etomidate has been a useful induction agent for RSI for many years […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Emergency percutaneous airway
An excellent thorough review of emergency needle and surgical cricothyroidotomy – collectively described as ’emergency percutaneous airway’ – reveals a […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Two new anaphylaxis guidelines
Many local and national guidelines for the management of anaphylaxis exist, but did you know there was a World Allergy […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU
Enoxaparin in acute medical patients
A large multinational study challenges the practice of routine thromboprophylaxis for hospitalised acutely ill medical patients. Enoxaparin plus graduated compression […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus
Treating sepsis – have we got it the wrong way round?
In our understanding of the pathophysiology of sepsis, we often attribute organ damage and death to the excessive host response […]