Unilateral pulmonary oedema worse
A few years ago in the Emergency Department I managed a sick hypotensive, hypoxic 20-something year old with a unilateral […]
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Acute care of the medically sick adult
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Pneumonia scores equivalent
Got a favourite assessment tool for classifying the severity of community acquired pneumonia? Two systematic reviews showed no significant differences […]
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EZ-IO outperformed B.I.G
A small randomised trial of adult emergency department patients showed faster insertion and higher success rates with the EZ-IO compared […]
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Pulmonary embolism echo
Academic Emergency Medicine has a free article on sonographic detection of submassive pumonary embolism, with three video clips. One of […]
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New ICH Guidelines
A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association on the management of spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage has […]
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Balloon pump before PCI? Nah.
High risk patients benefit from pre-operative intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (IABP) prior to coronary artery bypass surgery. Would the same apply […]
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ACE-inhibitor related angioedema
The pathophysiology of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi)–induced angioedema most likely resembles that of hereditary angioedema, ie, it is mainly mediated […]
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UK Capacity Assessment Mnemonic
GPs Drs Hoghton & Chadwick have produced a bioethical mnemonic ‘CURB BADLIP’, for all healthcare professionals in England, Scotland, and […]
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Delirium guidelines
The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced guidelines on delirium. Delirium (sometimes called ‘acute confusional […]
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British Thoracic Society pneumothorax guideline
The Britsh Thoracic Society has published its 2010 guidelines on the management of spontaneous pneumothorax. These are one of number […]