It's a bit quiet in here
Blogging has slowed a bit as I’ve been travelling to the UK and am running courses here all week. Just […]
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Status epilepticus review
A review on status epilepticus, differentiating complex partial status from generalised convulsive status: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Status epilepticus is one […]
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STEMI criteria vary with age and sex
On reading through the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science – Part 10: […]
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Intravenous lipid emulsion as antidote
Emergency physician intensivist Grant Cave and colleagues review the literature on intravenous lipid emulsion (ILE) therapy for human poisoning in […]
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Triple marker panel for AMI
A large Asian/Australasian study examined a 2hr triple-marker test in patients presenting with chest pain. BACKGROUND: Patients with chest pain […]
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LRAs for acute asthma?
As far as I’m concerned the jury is still out here since this small study was terminated early, more patients […]
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Vasoactive drugs in cardiogenic shock
I’m always on the look-out for evidence to guide vasoactive drug therapy, an area where much dogma is spouted by […]
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Thrombolysis for PE after limb surgery
A patient develops shock and dyspnoea on the orthopaedic ward after a total knee replacement and massive pulmonary embolism is […]
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Saving mothers' lives
The eighth Report of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the UK investigates the deaths of 261 women who […]
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Extracorporeal liver support in acute liver failure
Critically ill patients may receive cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal support, but systems that perform some of the functions of the […]