Pre-hospital RSI
Physicians from HEMS London document their experience of 400 pre-hospital rapid sequence induction / intubations. Their data are consistent with […]
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
Acute Med, All Updates
Early TIPS is top
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is often used as a rescue therapy in cirrhotic patients with variceal haemorrhage after vasoactive […]
All Updates, PHARM
Poor pre-hospital intubation success
A Scottish study of 628 pre-hospital intubation attempts in cardiac arrest patients records the rate of successful intubations, oesophageal intubations, […]
All Updates, Resus
Pre-sedation fasting unnecessary
A thorough review of the emergency medicine sedation literature showed there is only one reported case of pulmonary aspiration during […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
What fluid in rhabdomyolysis?
A ‘BestBET‘ from the Emergency Medicine Journal examined the evidence for the use of sodium bicarbonate and/or mannitol in the […]
Acute Med, All Updates, PHARM, Resus
Oxygen in AMI – no benefit, possible harm
A Cochrane review examined the evidence from randomised controlled trials to establish whether routine use of inhaled oxygen in acute myocardial […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Ultrasound
B lines be gone!
Vicki Noble’s Emergency Ultrasound team describe the resolution of Songraphic B lines on the lung ultrasound of a patient with […]
Fascinomata
Hydrocarbon lakes on Titan
It’s a stretch – but Saturn’s largest moon Titan could support methane-based life forms. It is the only other place […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Stroke thrombolysis benefit decays with time
Pooled results of several trials comparing recombinant tissue plasminogen activator with placebo in ischaemic stroke quantify the profile of benefit […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Misoprostol for PPH
Misoprostol is a prostaglandin analogue with uterotonic activity. It was compared with placebo in its sublingual form in a randomised […]