Cliff – Page 47

End tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest

Cliff / February 9, 2011

Measuring end-tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest patients is helpful for confirming tracheal tube placement assessing the effectiveness of chest compressions […]

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UK children sedation guideline

Cliff / February 7, 2011

Despite the huge number of articles in the literature on paediatric sedation, one still encounters acrimonious debates about the appropriateness […]

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Propofol and the heart

Cliff / February 6, 2011

I don’t normally blog about animal studies, but on reading a review of recent(-ish) shock research I was interested in […]

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Pre-hospital therapeutic hypothermia

Cliff / February 5, 2011

A Czech study demonstrated effective pre-hospital therapeutic cooling of post-cardiac arrest patients using fairly modest amounts of intravenous saline at […]

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Prone ventilation in ARDS

Cliff / February 4, 2011

Prone ventilation can improve refractory hypoxaemia in ARDS but its effects on mortality have not been impressive in some studies […]

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Extracorporeal CPR

Cliff / February 3, 2011

Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E-CPR) using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support during inhospital cardiac arrest has been attempted to improve the […]

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Better outcomes with conventional CPR

Cliff / February 3, 2011

A very large nationwide Japanese observational study examined outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who received CPR from lay rescuers. […]

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