Scalp veins
While clearing up after teaching with my bald colleague Dr Phil Hyde yesterday I noticed his bulging scalp veins and […]
All Updates, Kids, Resus
All Updates, Guidelines, Resus, Trauma
European Trauma Bleeding Guidelines updated
Update 2013: since this post was written in 2010, new guidelines have been written entitled: “Management of bleeding and […]
Kids
Child development milestones
Does anyone else find these hard to remember as a non-paediatrician? I’ve written a crappy little poem to act as […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, Resus
The early management of unstable angina and NSTEMI
The UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence has produced evidence based guidelines on the early management of unstable angina and […]
All Updates, ICU, Resus
Single-use Metal Laryngoscope Blades
In a randomised study of more than 1072 patients for emergency intubation using rapid sequence induction, single-use metal blades were […]
Acute Med, All Updates
International Carotid Stenting Study (ICSS)
Patients with symptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis do better with carotid endarterectomy than with medical therapy alone. Surgical complications such […]
All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus
Kids need 'proper' CPR if non-cardiac cause of arrest
The American Heart Association recommends cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by bystanders with chest compression only for adults who have cardiac arrests, […]
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2000 vs 2005 VF guidelines: RCT
One of the key changes in international resuscitation guidelines between the 2000 and 2005 has been to minimise potentially deleterious […]
All Updates, Resus, Trauma
Antibiotics for severe burns yes or no?
Should prophylactic antibiotics be given to burns patients? A systematic review of 17 trials concludes they may reduce all-cause mortality […]
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Battlefield resuscitation
An excellent review of the current British military practice to prevent and treat the acute coagulopathy of trauma shock (ACoTS) […]