Acute Med – Page 19

Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, Resus

Algorithm for Body Packers

Cliff / January 15, 2011

‘Mules’ or body packers are people who transport illegal drugs by packet ingestion into the gastrointestinal tract. A large study […]

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Body position in poisoning

Cliff / January 8, 2011

You come across a patient in the community who has taken an overdose of pills. The ambulance is on its […]

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Tracheostomy resources

Cliff / January 7, 2011

The National Tracheostomy Safety Project at www.tracheostomy.org.uk in the UK aims to allow patients with tracheostomies or laryngectomies to be […]

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VF on echo

Cliff / January 3, 2011

How can you not love those guys at hqmeded.com? Here’s a great case of theirs demonstrating the echocardiographic appearance of […]

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Australasian resus guidelines

Cliff / January 2, 2011

Australian and New Zealand resuscitation councils have now revealed their resuscitation guidelines for adults and children. The index of guidelines […]

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Isoflurane in refractory status epilepticus

Cliff / December 8, 2010

One infrequently used option for refractory status epilepticus is isoflurane anaesthesia. A report of two cases demonstrates progressive MRI changes […]

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Magnesium in asthma limits tachycardia

Cliff / December 7, 2010

Dr WFS Sellers and colleagues describe several cases that demonstrate convincingly a protective effect of intravenous magnesium sulphate against the […]

Acute Med, All Updates, Ultrasound