Control oxygenation after resuscitation
How much oxygen should we give patients after successful cardiac arrest resuscitation? Too little oxygen may potentiate anoxic injury. Too […]
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Post cardiac arrest guideline
A patient is resuscitated from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and is in your emergency department, comatose, with a pulse. You […]
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Ultrasoundpaedia
A useful site containing ultrasound images is Ultrasoundpaedia at
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Pre-hospital intubation experience and outcomes
Hospitals and medical personnel performing high volumes of procedures demonstrate better patient outcomes and fewer adverse events. The relationship between […]
Fascinomata
Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"
Man creates life using synthetic DNA. Extraordinary effort and talent applied painstakingly for years in pursuit of a goal. Inspiring!
All Updates, Kids
Target Oxygen Saturation in Extreme Prems
1316 infants who were born between 24 weeks 0 days and 27 weeks 6 days of gestation were randomised to […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
Early CPAP versus Surfactant in Extreme Prems
In a randomised, multicentre trial of 1316 infants born between 24 weeks 0 days and 27 weeks 6 days of […]
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Carotid Artery Stenting versus Endarterectomy
The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) compared the outcomes of carotid-artery stenting with those of carotid endarterectomy among […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU
Guidelines for Clostridium Difficile
Guidelines for preventing, detecting, and treating Clostridium Difficile infection from the Infectious Diseases Society of America have been published. Clinical […]
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Bloodtest Not Pertinent (BNP)
Despite a lack of evidence that it’s useful, many emergency departments have introduced BNP testing. Some smart Australians decided to […]