Acute Med – Page 23

Complex acid-base problems

Cliff / July 31, 2010

Working out the expected compensatory response to an acid base disturbance often reveals a second acid-base problem that was otherwise […]

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NICE Alcohol Guidelines

Cliff / July 9, 2010

The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced guidelines on alcohol-related physical complications, including alcohol withdrawal […]

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MRA for PE not very good

Cliff / July 8, 2010

Wouldn’t it be great to have a reliable, radiation-free way to diagnose pulmonary embolism? Unfortunately, Magnetic Resonance Angiography is not […]

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High-Dose N-Acetylcysteine Therapy for H1N1

Cliff / July 7, 2010

A case report describes the improvement of a critically ill patient with H1N1 ‘flu after the administration of N-acetylcysteine in […]

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Steroids for pneumonia?

Cliff / July 6, 2010

Steroids are useful in asthma and COPD exacerbations, which are lung problems. Pneumonia is a lung infection, so steroids might […]

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Valsalva technique in SVT

Cliff / June 27, 2010

Investigators at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney (it’s good there) did a literature review to determine the best […]

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Early TIPS is top

Cliff / June 24, 2010

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is often used as a rescue therapy in cirrhotic patients with variceal haemorrhage after vasoactive […]

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