Sepsis research – let's get some answers
There’s so much debate on which components of Early Goal Directed Therapy in sepsis really make a difference. The good […]
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London Trauma Conference Day 4
London Trauma Conference Day 4 by Dr Louisa Chan It’s the last day of the conference and new this year […]
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London Trauma Conference Day 3
Dr Louisa Chan reports on Day 3 of the London Trauma Conference There was a jam-packed line up for the Pre-hospital […]
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London Trauma Conference Day 2
London Trauma Conference 2013 – Day 2 by Dr Louisa Chan So I find myself torn today: do I join […]
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London Trauma Conference 2013
Our inside reporter Dr Louisa Chan provides an update from Day One of the London Trauma Conference: At risk of […]
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Therapeutic hypothermia does not improve arrest outcome
A paper published today represents to me what’s great about science. I am impressed with those investigators who had the […]
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Double balloon pump fail
Two recent trials question the ongoing use of intra-aortic balloon pumps: in patients with acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock […]
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Beta blockers potentially beneficial in septic shock
Counterintuitive as it sounds, this is pretty cool. I blogged about these guys before when they published their findings on […]
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Colloids again: still no benefit.
It’s nice to have big randomised trials to guide critical care practice. The age-old crystalloid/colloid debate (is that still going?) […]
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Prehospital ECLS – it's happening
Patients with refractory (>30 mins) cardiac arrest underwent prehospital cannulation for extracorporeal life support in a French feasibility study. A […]