Extracorporeal Albumin Dialysis for Acute Liver Failure
NICE has issued guidance on this procedure for patients with acute liver failure. “The procedure removes toxins bound to albumin […]
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Guidelines
Guidelines relevant to the critically ill patient
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Obstetric & Gynaecology Guidelines
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists publishes a number of up to date evidence -based guidelines. Several are relevant […]
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Life threatening post partum haemorrhage
A mother may experience life-threatening haemorrhage after delivery of her baby. What can the resuscitation doctor do? Rosen’s Emergency Medicine […]
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Spinal Cord Injury Guidelines
The Paralyzed Veterans of America produce a number of evidence-based guidelines for management of spinal cord injury and its complications […]
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New Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department
A joint policy statement from the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics lists guidelines and […]
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New Paediatric DKA guidelines
The International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) has published new comprehensive guidelines, including those for diabetic ketoacidosis. Their […]
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New UK Pneumonia Guidelines
2009 guidelines for community acquired pneumonia now available from the British Thoracic Society 2009 Pneumonia Guidelines British Thoracic Society
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Detecting congenital heart disease with oximetry
Currently, critical congenital heart disease is not detected in some newborns until after their hospital discharge, but some may be […]