Stroke thrombolysis benefit decays with time
Pooled results of several trials comparing recombinant tissue plasminogen activator with placebo in ischaemic stroke quantify the profile of benefit […]
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Acute care of the medically sick adult
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Thoracic electrical bioimpedance in dyspnoea
Thoracic electrical bioimpedance (TEB) was used in ED patients presenting with dyspnoea to differentiate between cardiac and non-cardiac causes. The […]
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Carotid Artery Stenting versus Endarterectomy
The Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy vs. Stenting Trial (CREST) compared the outcomes of carotid-artery stenting with those of carotid endarterectomy among […]
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Guidelines for Clostridium Difficile
Guidelines for preventing, detecting, and treating Clostridium Difficile infection from the Infectious Diseases Society of America have been published. Clinical […]
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Bloodtest Not Pertinent (BNP)
Despite a lack of evidence that it’s useful, many emergency departments have introduced BNP testing. Some smart Australians decided to […]
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PCI and therapeutic hypothermia
Percutaneous coronary intervention did not increase the risk of dysrhythmia, infection, coagulopathy, or hypotension associated with therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac […]
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Rapid discharge in AF
The Ottawa Aggressive Protocol is used to treat recent onset (< 48 hours) atrial fibrillation or flutter with procainamide and/or […]
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Higher D Dimer cut-off in older patients
D-dimer levels below the conventional cut-off point of 500 µg/l combined with a “low/intermediate” or “unlikely” clinical probability can safely […]
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TIA and stroke definitions
A quick reminder of the current defintions, as these have changed a couple of times over the last few years: […]
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STEMI and PCI guidelines
Lots of interesting and up to date information in this thick document from December 2009 Full text is available here […]