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No benefit from drugs in pre-hospital cardiac arrest

Cliff / December 17, 2009

A Norwegian randomised controlled trial over five years compared out-of-hospital nontraumatic cardiac arrest outcomes between ACLS protocols with and without […]

Acute Med, All Updates, PHARM

Characteristic ECG signs of LAD occlusion without ST elevation

Cliff / December 14, 2009

In a single centre observational study over 10 years of patients undergoing acute PCI of the left anterior descending (LAD) […]

All Updates, PHARM, Resus, Trauma

Is cervical spine protection always necessary following penetrating neck injury?

Cliff / December 10, 2009

This short cut review in the Best Bets format attempted to answer the question: “is cervical spine protection always necessary […]

All Updates, PHARM, Trauma

Spinal imaging and immobilisation may be unnecessary in many GSW patients

Cliff / December 9, 2009

A retrospective review of 4204 patients sustaining gunshot wounds (GSW) to the head, neck or torso examined the incidence of […]

All Updates, ICU, Kids, PHARM, Resus

Cuffed tracheal tubes for children

Cliff / December 3, 2009

In a prospective randomised controlled multi-centre trial, cuffed tracheal tubes were compared with uncuffed tubes in 2246 children aged from […]

All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus, Trauma

First Aid for Burns

Cliff / December 2, 2009

A review of burn first aid treatments highlights the paucity of evidence on which to make firm recommendations. The authors […]

All Updates, PHARM

Physicians didn't improve outcome from nontraumatic cardiac arrest

Cliff / November 24, 2009

A Norwegian study retrospectively compared outcomes from non-traumatic cardiac arrest between ambulances staffed by physicians (PMA) and non-physician ambulances (non-PMA). […]

Acute Med, All Updates, PHARM, Resus