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Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, Resus

CVT guideline

Cliff / March 23, 2011

Thanks to neuro-icu.com for highlighting this one: The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have produced guidelines for the […]

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus

Which cardiac arrest survivors have a positive angio?

Cliff / March 23, 2011

A retrospective study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients attended by a French pre-hospital system was performed to assess the predictive […]

All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound

An easily missed cause of shock

Cliff / March 23, 2011

A potentially reversible cause of haemodynamic shock in critically ill patients is left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO). We are […]

All Updates, PHARM, Trauma

Pre-hospital physician triage

Cliff / March 22, 2011

A Swiss study examined the on site triage decision making of pre-hospital emergency physicians. Dispatch of the physicians was coordinated […]

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus

Supplemental oxygen decreases LV perfusion in volunteers

Cliff / March 20, 2011

Oxygen therapy in normoxic acute coronary syndrome patients is controversial, and a previous systematic review cautioned against it in uncomplicated […]

All Updates

Pull that tongue

Cliff / March 18, 2011

A way of improving glottic visualisation when attempting fibreoptic intubation is for an assistant to perform a jaw thrust manoeuvre. […]

Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus

Furosemide infusion in acute decompensated heart failure

Cliff / March 18, 2011

A randomised controlled trial of 308 patients with acute decompensated heart failure compared continuous furosemide infusion with ‘low’ dose (equal […]

All Updates, ICU, Resus