Salt or sugar on the brain
A meta-analysis suggests hypertonic saline may be more effective at lowering intracranial pressure than mannitol. An accompanying editorial cleverly entitled […]
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Norepinephrine increases preload
Noradrenaline (norepinephrine) may improve blood pressure in part through its venoconstriction effects, providing more venous return to the heart which […]
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Cardiac arrest drugs and pupils
Although not predictive immediately post-cardiac arrest in the emergency department, dilated unreactive pupils two or three days later on the […]
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Video laryngoscope successes and failures
With a difficult airway, video laryngoscopes can get you out of a hole – or rather into one. However they’re […]
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Anaesthesia's dirty laundry – let's all learn from it
NAP4 is here! Is that good? Yes. Why? Because it’s the long awaited 4th National Audit Project of the Royal […]
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Longer apnoea time with roc in the obese too
Suxamethonium increases muscle oxygen consumption as a result of skeletal muscle fasciculation. In a comparison between sux and rocuronium in […]
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Pre-hospital transcranial Doppler
The SAMU (Service d’aide médicale urgente) guys have had a run of interesting pre-hospital publications lately. In this study, one […]
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Tube tip top tip
I’m not sure what this offers over purpose-built supraglottic airways, but effective ventilation may be achieved after failure of mask […]
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Fever in head injury might not be bad
Thanks to Michael McGonigal MD for highlighting this in his excellent Trauma Professional’s Blog: Body temperature does not necessarily reflect […]
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Kids tracheal tubes – formulas galore
An ultrasound study of paediatric airways showed sonographic measurement to be a better predictor of tracheal tube size (using a […]