Predicting neurological outcome after cardiac arrest
Predicting neurological recovery after successful cardiac arrest resuscitation has always been tricky, with clinical signs on day one being unreliable, […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
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Status epilepticus review
A review on status epilepticus, differentiating complex partial status from generalised convulsive status: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Status epilepticus is one […]
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The hunt for Earth-like planets
Using the prolific planet hunting Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have discovered 1,235 candidate planets orbiting other suns since the Kepler mission’s […]
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First Resus.ME! Podcast
The desire to produce my own Podcast has been burning away for a while now. I can’t offer clinical pearls […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, PHARM, Resus
STEMI criteria vary with age and sex
On reading through the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science – Part 10: […]
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'Sensitive' troponin assays do not rule out at ED presentation
An assessment of new ‘sensitive’ troponin assays at presentation of chest pain patients in a real-world ED setting showed that […]
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Intravenous lipid emulsion as antidote
Emergency physician intensivist Grant Cave and colleagues review the literature on intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy for human poisoning in […]
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Triple marker panel for AMI
A large Asian/Australasian study examined a 2hr triple-marker test in patients presenting with chest pain. BACKGROUND: Patients with chest pain […]
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Colorimetric CO2 detectors and newborns
Colorimetric CO2 detectors may fail to indicate successful tracheal tube placement in adults in certain circumstances, such as low cardiac […]
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LRAs for acute asthma?
As far as I’m concerned the jury is still out here since this small study was terminated early, more patients […]