Tympanic monitoring for targeted temperature management
As the authors of this study point out, the reliability of tympanic temperature monitoring is still under debate. Since invasive […]
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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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Hyperkalaemia dogmalysis
One of the things I enjoy most is the dismantling of medical dogma. In his brilliant blog Precious Bodily Fluids, […]
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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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Steroids for sepsis in kids
A small retrospective study suggests adrenal insufficiency is common in kids with septic shock, and that steroid administration in these […]
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Neurologic complications in infective endocarditis
More than half of patients admitted to ICU with left-sided infective endocarditis developed neurologic complications OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical […]
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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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Steroids for trauma
A French study on adult patients intubated for multiple trauma assessed the effect of a one week course of stress-dose […]
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RSI complications increase with intubation difficulty
A substudy of a large randomised controlled trial comparing etomidate with ketamine for RSI in the pre-hospital environment, emergency department, […]
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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 […]