Therapeutic hypothermia does not improve arrest outcome
A paper published today represents to me what’s great about science. I am impressed with those investigators who had the […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, PHARM, Resus
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Acute care of the medically sick adult
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Double balloon pump fail
Two recent trials question the ongoing use of intra-aortic balloon pumps: in patients with acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Beta blockers potentially beneficial in septic shock
Counterintuitive as it sounds, this is pretty cool. I blogged about these guys before when they published their findings on […]
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Colloids again: still no benefit.
It’s nice to have big randomised trials to guide critical care practice. The age-old crystalloid/colloid debate (is that still going?) […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Prehospital ECLS – it's happening
Patients with refractory (>30 mins) cardiac arrest underwent prehospital cannulation for extracorporeal life support in a French feasibility study. A […]
Acute Med, All Updates, Guidelines, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure
Some new guidelines to be aware of are the AHA Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure. Full text is […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Early surgery for intracerebral haemorrhage
To operate or not to operate on patients with an intracerebral haematoma? Deep ones can be tricky and risk damage […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus
Beta blockade in sepsis
What do septic patients need if they remain shocked after fluid resuscitation? Catecholamines right? Let’s stimulate some adrenoceptors and support […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
Lowering the BP rapidly in ICH
In our retrieval service case reviews, one thing that is that sure to generate discussion is what to do about […]
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Clopidogrel and aspirin for TIA
A large Chinese trial compared aspirin alone with combination aspirin / clopidogrel in patients who had had a TIA in […]