PCI and therapeutic hypothermia
Percutaneous coronary intervention did not increase the risk of dysrhythmia, infection, coagulopathy, or hypotension associated with therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
The myth of ketamine and head injury
A literature review addresses the myth that ketamine is contraindicated in head injured patients. They summarise articles from the 1970’s […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Resus
Rapid discharge in AF
The Ottawa Aggressive Protocol is used to treat recent onset (< 48 hours) atrial fibrillation or flutter with procainamide and/or […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus, Trauma
Vital signs of severely injured children
Systolic blood pressures of severely injured children are very often hypertensive compared with APLS ‘norms’. A lower pulse rate is […]
All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Optimum depth of neonatal chest compressions
A retrospective study of infant chest CT scans using mathematical modelling and a number of assumptions suggests that neonatal CPR […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Hospital bypass for cardiac arrest?
A Japanese study of over 10,000 patients demonstrated improved neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who were taken to […]
All Updates, PHARM
Distance to hospital did not affect arrest survival
In a study of over 7500 patients with cardiac arrest transported by EMS in the United States, transport distance was […]
All Updates, Resus
Best position for CPR
A study using volunteer doctors and nurses in simulated cardiac arrest resuscitations compared three different positions for delivering CPR: standing, […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Early CT and post-arrest outcome
A study on the early CT appearances of post-cardiac arrest patients shows two signs to be of importance – loss […]
Acute Med, All Updates
Higher D Dimer cut-off in older patients
D-dimer levels below the conventional cut-off point of 500 µg/l combined with a “low/intermediate” or “unlikely” clinical probability can safely […]