Swallow a camera in GI bleed
Two recent studies evaluate the use of a novel ingestable camera to diagnose upper gastrointestinal bleeding in emergency department patients. […]
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Hypothermia as an inotrope
This small study supports the hypothesis that therapeutic hypothermia can have positive inotropic effects in patients with cardiogenic shock of […]
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High flow nasal cannula oxygen
Where I work high flow humidified nasal cannula oxygen (HFNC) is used for infants with bronchiolitis and our ICU also […]
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Lateral chest thrusts for choking
An interesting animal study examined the techniques recommended in basic choking management algorithms for foreign body airway obstruction (chest and […]
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Save a life by watching telly?
If you’re in the United Kingdom on Thursday 21st March please consider watching BBC’s Horizon program at 9pm on BBC2. […]
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Endovascular stroke treatment
Two randomised controlled trials have been published which compare endovascular stroke treatments with intravenous tPA. Both the American Interventional Management […]
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High Frequency Oscillation Trial Results
Here’s a heads up on a major evidence-based medicine event in critical care: the results of two long awaited randomised […]
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New Sepsis Guidelines
The latest update of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines has been released. There’s too much interesting stuff to easily summarise, […]
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Advanced airways and worse outcomes in cardiac arrest
A new study demonstrates an association between advanced prehospital airway management and worse clinical outcomes in patients with cardiac arrest. […]
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Decatecholaminization in septic shock
A subset of patients from the 2008 Vasopressin and Septic Shock Trial (VASST) trial had invasive haemodynamic monitoring measurements from […]