UK Radiology guidelines for trauma
The Royal College of Radiologists in the UK has published a guideline document to set standards related to diagnostic and […]
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Guidelines
Guidelines relevant to the critically ill patient
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Targeted temperature management guidelines
Okay – rather than ‘therapeutic hypothermia’, the recommended phrase now is ‘targeted temperature management’. Several critical care authorities got together […]
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ACEP policy on PE
The American College of Emergency Physicians has revised its 2003 clinical policy on pulmonary embolism. Among the areas considered […]
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Drugs in cardiac arrest – guess what works?
Just like epinephrine (adrenaline), amiodarone does not increase survival to hospital discharge in cardiac arrest patients. I doubt his will […]
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It's a bit quiet in here
Blogging has slowed a bit as I’ve been travelling to the UK and am running courses here all week. Just […]
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STEMI criteria vary with age and sex
On reading through the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science – Part 10: […]
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Military trauma care meets standards
Recent recommendations were made regarding trauma care in the UK by the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death […]
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Suspension syncope
Loss of consciousness can occur when a patient is suspended in a harness – ‘suspension syncope’, probably due to factors […]
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CVT guideline
Thanks to neuro-icu.com for highlighting this one: The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have produced guidelines for the […]
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ILCOR neonatal cooling guideline
On the basis of the published data to date the Neonatal Task Force of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation […]