Difficult intubation on ICU
A score to predict difficulty of intubation in ICU patients underwent derivation and validation in French ICUs. The main predictors […]
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Predicting volume responsiveness
One of the current Holy Grails of ED critical care is to find a reliable measure of fluid responsiveness in […]
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Upstairs vs Downstairs: an EPIC Conundrum
A new breed, and new terminology Scott Weingart MD and colleagues have published a discussion paper [1] outlining the role […]
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Another argument for ED thoracotomy
A team from Los Angeles (including the great Kenji Inaba) has published a study on penetrating cardiac wounds in the […]
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Cricoid can worsen VL View
It is known that cricoid pressure can hinder laryngoscopic view of the cords during direct laryngoscopy. Using a Pentax-AWS Video […]
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Hypothermia as an inotrope
This small study supports the hypothesis that therapeutic hypothermia can have positive inotropic effects in patients with cardiogenic shock of […]
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High flow nasal cannula oxygen
Where I work high flow humidified nasal cannula oxygen (HFNC) is used for infants with bronchiolitis and our ICU also […]
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Save a life by watching telly?
If you’re in the United Kingdom on Thursday 21st March please consider watching BBC’s Horizon program at 9pm on BBC2. […]
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Traumatic cardiac arrest outcomes
Ever heard anyone spout dogma along the lines of: “it’s a traumatic cardiac arrest – resuscitation is futile as the […]
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The importance of first pass success
A large single-centre study in an academic tertiary care center emergency department (where residents perform most of the intubations) examined […]